Key Cabinet ministers discuss pullout of ground troops from Iraq

Key Cabinet ministers discuss pullout of ground troops from Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Agency Director General Fukushiro Nukaga is surrounded by reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 19 after a meeting of three Cabinet ministers -- Nukaga, Chief Cabinet secretary Shinzo Abe and Foreign Minister Taro Aso -- to discuss the planned withdrawal of Japanese troops engaged in reconstruction activities from the southern Iraqi city of Samawah. (Kyodo)

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