Democrats call for Iraq withdrawal
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an interview On Wednesday, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., called on President Bush to alert Iraqi officials that the United States would begin withdrawing troops from the country in four to six months.
Levin will be chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee when Democrats officially take control in January.
This occurred at the same time U.S. commander in the Middle East Gen. John Abizaid testified to Congress against a withdrawal timetable.
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University of Minnesota professor Colin Kahl teaches courses in international relations, international security, American foreign policy, civil and ethnic conflict, and terrorism. His current research focuses on U.S. military compliance with the Law of War. His previous research analyzed the causes and consequences of violent civil and ethnic conflict in developing countries. His book on the subject, States, Scarcity, and Civil Strife in the Developing World, was published by Princeton University Press in March 2006.
From January 2005 to August 2006, Professor Kahl was a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow conducting research on law of war issues at the U.S. Department of Defense.
He has also been a consultant for the U.S. government's Political Instability Task Force since 1999. Kahl was also a National Security Fellow at Harvard University's John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies.
Media wishing to interview Kahl may contact Patty Mattern, University of Minnesota, (612) 624-2801 or fill out the form below.
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