United States Iraq Coming to Terms on (Hmm. Sounds Familiar) "Timetables"

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Thursday that U.S. and Iraqi officials agree that timetables should be set for a U.S. troop withdrawal, but conceded that nailing down a broader pact on future relations is difficult, reports the Huffington Post.

“We have agreed that some goals, some aspirational timetables for how that might unfold, are well worth having in such an agreement,” Rice told reporters after meeting with Iraqi officials, including Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

This comes months after Barack Obama had been calling for a timetable and now the Bush administration appears to be following that strategy.