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Dems' and Casey's plans are different — because Snow says so

Many congressional Democrats have backed a plan for Iraq that calls for significant troop withdrawals by the end of the year. Gen. George W. Casey, the top American commander in Iraq, has a plan that calls for the same thing.

Today, White House Press Secretary Tony Snow was asked to explain why the Dems' plan was reckless and irresponsible, while Casey's plan is not.

"Well, actually, he has one, and it — you know, again, this is not, I believe the way, at least it was reported, is you've got two brigades by the end of the year, September being short of the end of the year. But I may be misreading it. In any event, you've got to keep in mind that this is not a statement of policy. Again, Gen. Casey keeps in mind a number of scenarios. You're talking about scenarios here … And so I would caution very strongly against everybody thinking, well, they're going to pull two brigades out. Maybe they will, maybe they won't. That really does depend upon a whole series of things that we cannot, at this juncture, predict. But Gen. Casey — again, I would characterize this more in terms of scenario building, and we'll see how it proceeds."

(The Carpetbagger Report)