Bush Again Does What Barry Tells Him To Do

President George W. Bush on Tuesday announced he would cut US troops strength in Iraq by 8,000 in coming months, and that he would send 4,500 troops to Afghanistan by January, when he leaves the White House, a copy of his speech said.

Progress on the ground in Iraq will make possible the return of a estimated 3,500 support unit troops in coming months, a Marine battallion by November and an army brigade by February, Bush said in a speech in Washington.

In November a Marines battallion was to be deployed in Afghanistan, to be followed by an army combat unit in January, Bush told an audience at the National Defense University.