{"id":7219,"date":"2009-02-27T12:59:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-27T17:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-statement-on-obamas-plan-to-withdraw-troops-from-iraq\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:11:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:11:54","slug":"merkley-statement-on-obamas-plan-to-withdraw-troops-from-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-statement-on-obamas-plan-to-withdraw-troops-from-iraq\/","title":{"rendered":"Declaraci\u00f3n de Merkley sobre el plan de Obama para retirar las tropas de Irak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;\">Washington, DC \u2013 Hoy, el presidente Barack Obama describi\u00f3 un plan para comenzar una retirada gradual de las tropas de Irak, reduciendo la participaci\u00f3n militar activa en esa naci\u00f3n. El senador de Oreg\u00f3n, Jeff Merkley, emiti\u00f3 la siguiente declaraci\u00f3n:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;\">\u201cNuestros intereses nacionales no se ven favorecidos por la guerra en Irak. Aplaudo el compromiso del presidente Obama con un plan s\u00f3lido para retirar nuestras tropas y poner fin a la guerra.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;\">\u201cSin embargo, tengo reservas sobre el cronograma extendido de 19 meses para el retiro y estoy muy preocupado de que el tama\u00f1o de la fuerza restante a\u00fan sea demasiado grande. Ser\u00e1 dif\u00edcil argumentar que nuestra presencia militar es &#039;residual&#039; cuando se compone de hasta 50.000 estadounidenses.&nbsp; <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;\">\u201cEspero trabajar con la Administraci\u00f3n de Obama para poner fin de verdad a esta guerra y llevar a nuestros hijos e hijas a casa a salvo\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC &ndash; Today, President Barack Obama outlined a plan to begin a phased withdraw of troops from Iraq, winding down active military engagement in that nation.&nbsp; Oregon&rsquo;s Senator Jeff Merkley issued the following statement: &nbsp; &ldquo;Our national interests are not served by the war in Iraq.&nbsp; I applaud President Obama&rsquo;s commitment to a solid [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[38],"class_list":["post-7219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-foreign-policy-and-national-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Merkley Statement on Obama&#039;s Plan to Withdraw Troops From Iraq - Merkley<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-statement-on-obamas-plan-to-withdraw-troops-from-iraq\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Merkley Statement on Obama&#039;s Plan to Withdraw Troops From Iraq - Merkley\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Washington, DC &ndash; 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