"Spring of 2008" is also an F.U.

Well that was fast. "What I am trying to do is to get until April so we can decide whether to keep it going or not," says Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno.

So after the big to-do only days ago about September being the deadline for the surge to "work" (whatever that means), the newest Friedman Unit (F.U.) is scheduled to end next April, with a new F.U. lasting through November of 2008 still to be scheduled at that time.