"deadline for beginning" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase to refer to the point in time when something is scheduled to begin. For example: "We have a tight deadline for beginning the project: we need to start by June 1."
This deadline for "beginning" the withdrawal has been repeated for a year and a half.
My question is what will happen next year, when Obama's July deadline for beginning withdrawals arrives: will Clinton push to keep them limited?
Under Mr. Obama's plans, a review of progress is set for later this year, before a 2011 deadline for beginning a drawdown of troops.
The bigger question is whether any problems can be overcome before President Obama's July 2011 deadline for beginning the withdrawal of American combat troops.
President Obama's deadline for beginning his withdrawal of American forces, later this year, confirmed for many Afghans that time is running out.
Gerry Adams, the president of Sinn Fein, ruled out the possibility that the I.R.A. would meet a Monday deadline for beginning to disarm, dashing expectations that the guerrilla force his party represents politically was ready to move on weapons.
Mr. Obama has set a deadline of July for beginning a withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan.
The truth is that we have no idea how the president really feels about the deadline he imposed for beginning a troop withdrawal.
If Heywood will not release the material requested, Sir John should set his own firm deadline for publication and for beginning the Maxwellisation process, under which those who might be criticised are warned by letter in advance.
Zarif's offer to join forces with the west comes at a critical moment: the UN and the ISGG member countries meet in New York in a bid to meet the 1 January deadline, set in Vienna last month, for beginning direct, formal talks between the regime of Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, and opposition groups.
They both support the June 30 deadline for the beginning of the transition to civilian power.
