"It calls for the strategic redeployment of U.S. combat troops by the end or sometime in 2008, " House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said.

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Of course, the latter choice will be dressed up as a "strategic redeployment, " clearing the way for what is promised to be a more determined and successful effort to go after al Qaeda elsewhere, notably in Afghanistan and perhaps in Pakistan.

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