Envoy says US sticking to withdrawal plan in Iraq (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Thu, 09/10/2009 - 3:13pm

U.S.<br /><br />Ambassador to Iraq Christopher Hill testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009, before the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Iraq.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - The U.S. ambassador to Iraq told Congress on Thursday that despite a recent rash of insurgent attacks, the U.S. is on track to removing all its combat forces by next August.

"We are holding to this timetable," Christopher Hill told the House Foreign Affairs Committee in his first congressional testimony since taking over the top U.S. diplomatic post in Baghdad in April.



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