HUGE NEWS....

Defense official: Rumsfeld given Iraq withdrawal plan
Plan calls for troops to begin pulling out after December elections
Friday, November 18, 2005;
Posted: 11:34 p.m. EST (04:34 GMT)

WASHINGTON (CNN) == The top U.S. commander in Iraq has submitted a plan to the Pentagon for withdrawing troops in Iraq, according to a senior defense official.

Gen. George Casey submitted the plan to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. It includes numerous options and recommends that brigades == usually made up of about 2,000 soldiers each == begin pulling out of Iraq early next year.