UNITED NATIONS - Iraq's deputy prime minister on Friday defended his government's progress in establishing security and ending political infighting, and warned that an early U.S. troop pullout would be disastrous for his country.
Barham Salih told a U.N. forum that the time had come to "define more clearly" the status of U.S.-led troops in Iraq, though he emphasized that Iraqi forces needed more time to take over security on their own.
Salih spoke during a U.N. discussion about the International Compact with Iraq - an ambitious plan to achieve a stable, united and democratic Iraq by 2012.
Many U.S. lawmakers, and at times, the Bush administration, have complained …
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