For the first time, Sen. Obama proposed "setting a deadline for withdrawing troops from Iraq," reports the Washington Post's Shailagh Murray. LINK
"Obama's legislation . . . would remove all combat brigades from Iraq by March 31, 2008."
"New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is the only other prominent Democrat in the field to set a withdrawal timetable, declaring that troops 'can and should' be brought home by the end of 2007."
ABC News' Z. Byron Wolf writes up the Obama plan for Iraq. LINK
Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun Times Notes that Sen. Obama's call for a fixed deadline is a new position for the Senator. Sweet reports that as recently as his November 20 speech in Chicago, he was not suggesting an "overly rigid" timetable for complete withdrawal. LINK