The document outlines a 4-point plan for Iraqi stability and sovereignty: 1. Begin a phased withdrawal of US and foreign troops on a fixed timetable with no permanent bases left behind. 2. Rehire portions of the former Iraqi national army and put Iraqi government in command of all military and police forces. 3. Create an international stabilization force authorized by the UN and approved by Iraq to provide security. 4. Commit $10 billion annually in US economic aid along with equivalent amounts from other donors, managed entirely by Iraq without US control.

1. Timetable to Freedom A Plan for Iraqi Stability and Sovereignty

8. The insurgency is primarily a national resistance against foreign invasion— a natural response that occurs often in history Once the foreign invader is gone, this powerful resistance dynamic will subside

9. - the presence of foreign occupation forces provokes resistance - U.S. troops have been frequent targets of attack