US Senate to debate troop pullout from Iraq

[maddezmom]

Source: AFP

US Senate to debate troop pullout from Iraq by Stephanie Griffith
17 minutes ago



WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Senate was to take up binding legislation Monday to withdraw US troops from Iraq within one year -- setting the stage for a new showdown with President George W. Bush, who has vowed to veto any legislation containing pullout deadlines.

The upper chamber was to debate emergency funding of 121.6 billion dollars for the US military in Iraq and Afghanistan in a bill that would also set a strict March 2008 time line for the pullout of most US combat forces.

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Bush has promised to veto the measure, and Vice President Dick Cheney vowed late Saturday that the administration would not allow an early withdrawal of US forces from Iraq.

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Monday's debate marks the latest chapter in an increasingly tense standoff between the White House and Democratic-controlled Congress, which is under heavy pressure from constituents to find a way to wrap up the war, now in its fifth year, which most Americans now believe was a mistake.



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070326/wl_afp/usiraqpolitics_070326074133

[rodeodance]

1. 02:30 PM EDT

02:30 PM EDT
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[MaineDem]

2. I'm curious as to where Susie Collins goes with this

Her views have changed since the '06 election because she faces a tough opponent in the '08 race.