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Once again, Dems are bringing back their Surrender At All Costs bill in an attempt to appease both the terrorists and their base
Senate eyes Iraq pullout once again
By Sean Lengell
July 11, 2007
Senate Democrats yesterday called for withdrawing most U.S. troops from Iraq by April 30 less than two months after a similar measure was soundly defeated as the White House dispatched its top war advisers to Capitol Hill to embolden Republican allies.
Sen. Carl Levin, Michigan Democrat and chairman of the Armed Services Committee, said setting a troop withdrawal timetable will force Iraqi political leaders to take responsibility for their own country.
"The legislation that we are proposing ... would give commanders the flexibility to the pace of reductions and the units to be reduced, and I think it's the appropriate way to go," said Sen. Jack Reed, Rhode Island Democrat, who co-sponsored the measure with Mr. Levin.
Republicans leaders called the maneuver premature, saying that President Bush's surge strategy is starting to pay dividends and that any major changes shouldn't occur before Gen. David H. Petraeus provides his September report on the state of the war.
"September is the time when this issue will be reopened. Why we have to go through with it again in the month of July is frankly a puzzlement to me," said Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican.
A key progress report being briefed to lawmakers tomorrow will say that the Iraqi government has not met any of its targets for reform, which include establishing laws to disarm militias, giving equal legal protections to all sects and sharing oil revenue among the Kurds, Shi'ites and Sunnis.
But the report said some progress has been made in about a half-dozen areas of the country, including reducing violence in Anbar province, according to the Associated Press
http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070711/NATION/107110083/1001
Senate eyes Iraq pullout once again
By Sean Lengell
July 11, 2007
Senate Democrats yesterday called for withdrawing most U.S. troops from Iraq by April 30 less than two months after a similar measure was soundly defeated as the White House dispatched its top war advisers to Capitol Hill to embolden Republican allies.
Sen. Carl Levin, Michigan Democrat and chairman of the Armed Services Committee, said setting a troop withdrawal timetable will force Iraqi political leaders to take responsibility for their own country.
"The legislation that we are proposing ... would give commanders the flexibility to the pace of reductions and the units to be reduced, and I think it's the appropriate way to go," said Sen. Jack Reed, Rhode Island Democrat, who co-sponsored the measure with Mr. Levin.
Republicans leaders called the maneuver premature, saying that President Bush's surge strategy is starting to pay dividends and that any major changes shouldn't occur before Gen. David H. Petraeus provides his September report on the state of the war.
"September is the time when this issue will be reopened. Why we have to go through with it again in the month of July is frankly a puzzlement to me," said Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican.
A key progress report being briefed to lawmakers tomorrow will say that the Iraqi government has not met any of its targets for reform, which include establishing laws to disarm militias, giving equal legal protections to all sects and sharing oil revenue among the Kurds, Shi'ites and Sunnis.
But the report said some progress has been made in about a half-dozen areas of the country, including reducing violence in Anbar province, according to the Associated Press
http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070711/NATION/107110083/1001