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NEW YORK, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten said it would be unrealistic to think U.S. troops will be out of Iraq when U.S. President George Bush leaves office.
In an interview with the USA Today editorial board, Bolten said no "realistic observer" could believe "all or even most of the American troop presence" will be out of Iraq by the end of Bush's presidency on Jan. 20, 2009.
With presidential campaigning in full swing since Labor Day, Bolten said Bush wants to make "it possible for his successor -- whichever party that successor is from -- to have a sustained presence in the Middle East," the newspaper said.
Bolten said Bush would outline his long-term Iraq strategy next week, after U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, the U.S. commander in Iraq, and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker deliver progress reports to Congress.
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