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KIRKUK, Iraq — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday that plans are on track to reduce American forces in Iraq next year.
Asked whether political turmoil might threaten plans to send more American troops home after Iraq’s March elections, Gates said all indications are that Iraqi leaders were tired of war and wanted a unified country.
Gates met with Massoud Barzani, president of Kurdistan, in the area’s capital, Irbil. Barzani recently lifted his objections to Iraq’s elections law. The Associated Press
