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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Prime Minister John Howard, responding to the Iraq Study Group report, said Friday he would like to see Australian troops out of Iraq but refused to set a deadline for their withdrawal.
Howard's comments echoed those of President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who also have given the group's proposals a chilly reception.
"Everybody would like to be out as soon as possible. We all know it is going badly," Howard told Southern Cross Broadcasting. But I am not going to make myself in any way hostage to a particular date."
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