A bipartisan panel is set to recommend on Wednesday that American troops withdraw from combat over the next year and focus on training Iraqis. The US president has not said if he will take the advice of the Iraq Study Group, which CNN reported also calls for a comprehensive Middle East peace plan in a broader regional approach to stabilizing Iraq.
Quoting excerpts of the report, CNN said it stopped short of recommending a specific timetable for pullout. "The primary mission of U.S. forces should evolve to one of supporting the Iraqi army," CNN quoted the report as saying.
In other details to emerge, The Washington Post said the panel recommends that Bush press the Iraqi government to meet specific goals for improving security or face the threat of a cut in American economic and military aid.
The president, who was briefed on the report on Tuesday, has said he will listen to the group's ideas.
