Barack Obama still looks to 16-month pullout

By Associated Press | Monday, December 1, 2008 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Middle East

CHICAGO - Barack Obama says the U.S.-Iraq security agreement approved by Iraq’s parliament puts the U.S. on a "glide path" toward reducing forces there.

As he named Robert Gates to continue on as defense chief, with a new mission to reduce U.S. involvement in Iraq, the president-elect said he’ll listen to Gates, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the commanders on the ground in determining how to proceed with a troop withdrawal.

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