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Military officials: No troop cuts this year

Senior U.S. military leaders say it would be "impractical" to reduce U.S. troop levels in Iraq further before the end of the year because of the logistics required in the redeployments, two military officials told CNN Thursday. <p><a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?a=Yoog7m"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?i=Yoog7m" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=YqVDaL"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=YqVDaL" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=R0y14L"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=R0y14L" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=FzQ36l"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=FzQ36l" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=PdJ4UL"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=PdJ4UL" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=VT4bEl"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=VT4bEl" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~4/383728084" height="1" width="1"/>