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US dismisses Iraq request to work on a troop withdrawal plan

by Associated Press
| January 10, 2020 8:05 AM

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's caretaker prime minister asked Washington to work out a road map for an American troop withdrawal, but the U.S. State Department on Friday bluntly rejected the request, saying the two sides should instead talk about how to “recommit” to their partnership.

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