Looks like the troops will remain in Iraq for quite some time to come.
WaPo:

U.N. Approval Sought To Extend Iraq Stay

By Colum Lynch and Bradley Graham
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, November 8, 2005; Page A10

UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 7 -- The Bush administration pressed the U.N. Security Council on Monday to pass a resolution extending the mandate of the U.S.-led military coalition in Iraq, providing a legal basis for U.S. and allied troops to remain for at least a year after Iraqis elect their first government under the new constitution on Dec. 15, according to U.S. and European diplomats.