Contemporary history of fixed withdrawal timetables: Vietnam, Lebanon, Somalia. Setting a timetable would produce a "Vietnam".

Table the Timetable
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As if to mark Iraq's elections, Democrats on Capitol Hill have begun clamoring for a fixed date of departure for U.S. soldiers. "At least 12,000 American troops, probably more, should leave at once," Sen. Edward Kennedy has said. Withdraw 120,000 of the 150,000 troops within the next 11 months, Rep. Martin Meehan (D-Mass) has said. And other House Democrats have introduced a resolution on withdrawal.