On target: 50,000 US troops in Iraq by August

Politico/ here

"... The vice president has one big mission here: to NUDGE Iraq's top politicians to resolve the standoff they've had since their March 7 elections. He's meeting with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and Ayad Allawi in hopes that they'll form a coalition ahead of Aug. 31 – the date President Obama decreed, back in his Camp Lejeune speech of February 2009, that “our combat mission in Iraq will end.” The next day, as a way of signaling that Obama has kept his promise, the mission's name will change from 'Operation Iraqi Freedom” to “Operation New Dawn.” ..."