House Minority leader presses for Iraq withdrawal timetable

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House Minority leader presses for Iraq withdrawal timetable
Edward Epstein
San Francisco Chronicle
06/15/2005

Washington - San Francisco Rep. Nancy Pelosi, leader of the House's minority Democrats, raised the stakes on the debate over the war in Iraq on Tuesday by introducing a resolution that if enacted would set the stage for the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq.


Pelosi's proposal, which she offered as an amendment to the $428 billion military appropriations bill, would direct that within 30 days of the legislation's adoption, President Bush "report on a strategy for success in Iraq." The House is expected to take up the bill Thursday.

The report required by Pelosi's proposal would cover the capabilities of Iraqi military forces, their numbers, how prepared they are to take over from Americans, how many U.S. forces would have to stay in Iraq to help them, and what political progress is being made in the country.

"This lays the groundwork for bringing our troops home and doing it in a realistic way about what the consequences are for bringing those troops home," Pelosi said in an interview Tuesday.

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1. Is Walter Jones rushing to get his name on this? n/t

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2. Excellent! "It's time for the House to go on record about this," she said.

And Barbara Boxer is introducing a compabnion in the Senate!

Another exerpt:

Democrats won't know until today if the Republican-controlled House Rules Committee will allow Pelosi's amendment to reach the floor. But even if the proposal is barred, Pelosi plans to force a vote on it as part of the floor debate on the rules for handling the defense spending bill.



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