U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) hold a joint news conference with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari (R) in the heavy fortified Green Zone in Baghdad August 21, 2008. The United States and Iraq are close to a deal extending the presence of U.S. troops beyond 2008, but any timetable for their withdrawal must be "feasible", U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday.
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