<p>Here at The Washington Independent, we’ve decided to track how a top story of the day is played in major publications around the Web and in print. We’re kicking off this feature, which we call &quot;State of Play,&quot; with a collection of headlines on George W. Bush’s speech about U.S. troops in Iraq. Check it out:<br />

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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/11/washington/10cnd-prexy.html?hp">Bush Defies Calls for Withdrawal of Iraq Troops</a> (The New York Times)<br />

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<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-na-bush11apr11,0,7182812.story">Bush announces shorter deployments in Iraq</a> (The Los Angeles Times)<br />

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<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/10/AR2008041000312.html">Bush Backs Petraeus on Indefinite Suspension of Troop Pullout in Iraq</a> (The Washington Post)<br />

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<a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2008-04-10-bush-iraq_N.htm?csp=34">Bush embraces halt in U.S. troop withdrawal</a> (USA Today)<br />

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<a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/04112008/news/nationalnews/w__puts_freeze_on_iraq_gi_pullouts_106050.htm">W. Puts Freeze on Iraq Pullouts</a> (New York Post)</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/10/bush.speech/index.html">Bush backs pause in withdrawls from Iraq</a> (CNN)</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89538112">Bush Cuts Combat Tour Lengths to One Year</a> (NPR)<br />

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<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,349208,00.html">Bush embraces hold on troop reductions, returns to 12 month combat tours</a> (Fox News)</p>

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<p style="text-align: right;"><i>–Compiled By:&nbsp; Kayda Norman and Chantil Thomas</i></p>