The July 2011 transition date for the beginning of a drawdown remains very much in place.

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"You need to pick a date that people will see as a normal transition date for an executive, " Culp says.

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David Magee, analyst at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, says Circuit City will benefit even more as the 2009 digital-broadcasting transition date draws near.

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So I think the Pentagon gave to, as part of the process that concludes, gave to the security team a series of ideas that included July 2011 as the transition date.

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You see, America's shift from analog over-the-air (OTA) broadcasting has been in the works for over a decade, with the supposedly rock solid February 17th transition date in stone for well over three years.

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That date of transition in July 2011.

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At this week's briefing Ira Richter, executive director of IOPS.org, said his organization of ISPs has lined up about 25 people who will be participating in various activities to monitor the date-change transition period.

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That's the date in which the transition will begin.

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To date, the administration has resisted a prominent U.N. role in the political transition, although it has not flatly ruled out such cooperation.

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As General Petraeus has said, we will assess the progress made in December and begin a responsible conditions-based transition to Afghan security leadership, on a province-by-province basis, in July 2011, a date that represents both our sense of urgency for Afghanistan to step up and our resolve to meet our stated goals.

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