U.S. Presidential Politics and Self-Rule for Iraqis: "'It's not as if the Iraqis don't have television,' Mr. Feldman added. 'Everybody in Iraq believes that these deadlines are chosen by American electoral politics. Regardless of whether the June 30 deadline originated in Baghdad or Washington, it clearly reflected a coordinated administration policy to jump-start the process. That's an extremely high risk strategy.'"
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