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Well, we do not have to withdraw entirely from Iraq in June. We simply have to retreat to our bases. There will still be forces in Iraq to support in counterterrorism strikes, and Obama will also redeploy a number of troops to Afghanistan in the erroneous belief that additional troops will win the war. Yes, we will decrease spending some, but we are not going to decrease spending by as much as some people assume.