British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook said the resolution meets all of NATO's demands for troop withdrawal.
Democratic Senators Jack Reed and Carl Levin are sponsoring an Amendment to start U.S. troop withdrawal this year.
The council, Cook said, will "stop just short of adoption" of the resolution to allow troop withdrawal to begin.
There are diplomatic initiatives and a timetable for U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq.
They might be persuaded to tone down their calls for American troop withdrawal by the end of the year.
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Obama has repeatedly called for a timetable for troop withdrawal, while McCain supports a withdrawal based on conditions on the ground.
"His country will sign a cease-fire accord with Georgia and scrupulously respect all agreements, including a troop withdrawal, " Sarkozy's office said.
"Afghans are mostly concerned with the candidates' stance on Pakistan, and their plans and promises for post-2014 (U.S. troop withdrawal), " says Hewad.
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Many opponents of the occupation have demanded a timetable for U.S. troop withdrawal and the issue is being heatedly debated in the United States.
Ryan also voted against a troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2011.
In Texas he joined Mr Bush in calling for an Israeli troop withdrawal, and in backing the Saudi plan as a framework for long-term peace.
C. (CNN) -- Calling for a troop withdrawal from Afghanistan may have been one of the most difficult decisions I made during my freshman year.
The Democrats' early efforts to set a timetable for troop withdrawal failed, and Congress has so far opted not to withdraw funding from the Iraq effort.
Faced with the threat of U.S. troop withdrawal and fearing a new regional power, neighboring countries will ask for U.S. troops to remain, and they will--symbolically.
The UK has signalled that the pace of troop withdrawal could be accelerated if better-than-expected progress is made in readying domestic security services to take control.
Mr. MICHAEL O'HANLON (Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution): As the whole debate becomes about troop withdrawal, it's harder to have the debate about how we improve our policy.
Although a buildup in American forces has raised the number of troops in Iraq to nearly 160, 000, pressure is mounting in the U.S. for a troop withdrawal.
It is likely that political pressures from a disillusioned American public will be a major factor in setting the minimal goals and time schedule for U.S. troop withdrawal.
Republicans have criticised the pullout citing concerns over Iraq's stability, but a recent poll by the Pew Research Centre found that 75% of Americans backed the troop withdrawal.
Republicans were unhappy about the additional domestic spending included in the House bill, but many said they were relieved the final measure did not set a timetable for troop withdrawal.
Concerned the Pentagon was creeping into areas that were off-limits following the U.S. troop withdrawal, the White House in November 2012 issued another order reinforcing the CIA's role, the senior administration official said.
And they have to be very careful on Iraq because though the public thinks it's the most important issue, more than half in the Newsweek poll said they were concerned the Democrats would push too fast on troop withdrawal.
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He will make a major address to the American people tonight, saying that Afghan troops will be in the lead in combat roles from next year onwards, but there will be no new announcement about troop withdrawal.
In exchange for the handover of the villages, Mr Barak wants the Palestinians to postpone negotiations on a further Israeli troop withdrawal from the West Bank until negotiators have reached agreement on the outlines of a final peace treaty.
Mr Bashir let the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, the main southern group, reshuffle its ministers, but it refused to rejoin the government unless the north implemented its side of the agreement on issues such as troop withdrawal and boundary demarcations.
The movement rejoined the government in January after Iraqi parliament members said they would consider the group's demands, which include a timetable for U.S.-led coalition troop withdrawal and a United Nations mandate assuring that the troop deployment would not be extended.
According to the newspaper reports, the peace proposal calls for steps to rebuild confidence, including a halt to Israel's settlement activities, a lifting of the blockade on Palestinian areas and a troop withdrawal to positions held before the start of the Palestinian uprising in late September last year.
As part of the preparations for a US troop withdrawal, American forces are handing over hundreds of detainees to the Iraqi authorities - including some of those sought by the kidnappers - in a process that was supposed to be completed by the end of this year but will take a bit longer.
Those are the objectives, and the decisions he will make going forward regarding withdrawal and troop drawdowns will be based on the success of fulfilling those objectives and the conditions on the ground as he makes those decisions.
The withdrawal will bring troop numbers in the province to 14, 000.
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