(, August tenth day Lunar New Year), September 9, 2008, Bush announced that more than 8,000 people to withdraw troops from Iraq. In In September 2008, (history www.TodayOnHistory.com) U.S. President George W. Bush at the National Defense University in Washington, delivered a speech. In the day of the speech, Bush announced the withdrawal of more than 8,000 U.S. troops from Iraq will be in batches.


He said that the basis of this decision, in addition to withdraw about 1,000 troops from Iraq in November of this year, this year, the number of U.S. troops in Iraq will remain basically unchanged. In February next year, the withdrawal of U.S. troops in Iraq from a combat brigade and other auxiliary troops for a total of more than 7,000.
At the same time, he will be in January next year, to be deployed to Afghanistan about 4,500 people. Bush left office will expire in January next year, which is likely to be his last time a decision on troop withdrawal.
He also said that the Iraqi situation to further improve in the first half of next year, the United States has more troops may be withdrawn from Iraq, but this decision will be made by the next president.
recently, the United States called for speeding up the withdrawal of troops from Iraq and to expand the voice of A Zengbing soaring. At present, the total strength of the U.S. troops in Iraq of about 14.6 million people.