Xinhua - EnglishWASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (Xinhuanet) -- US President George W. Bush said the US military would pull out of Iraq "as quickly as possible," but set no timetable for the withdrawal, according to the Washington Post Sunday.
"American troops will be leaving as quickly as possible, but they won't be leaving until we have completed our mission," Bush said in a wide-ranging interview with the Post aboard Air Force One on Friday.
In the interview, Bush twice declined to endorse Secretary of State Colin Powell's recent statement that the member of Americansserving in Iraq could be reduced by year's end.