Dem leaders want troops out next year
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House Democrats proposed legislation that would have U.S. combat troops out of Iraq by August 2008, or sooner, if certain benchmarks of progress aren't met. The plan will "refocus our military efforts on Afghanistan and fighting the war on terrorism where it began," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said at a news conference.
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Democratic leaders in the U.S. Congress on Thursday proposed withdrawing all American combat troops from Iraq by mid-2008, saying President George W. Bush's war strategy had failed and that the United States must instead focus on a brewing storm in Afghanistan.
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Lawmakers and President Bush should make a New Year's resolution to give adequate equipment to troops in Iraq, the vice chairman of the House Democratic Caucus said Saturday.
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Two leading Republican senators announced Friday they want to demand President Bush offer a plan to start reducing U.S. forces in Iraq by the end of the year.
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Incoming Democratic committee chairmen say they will hold a series of hearings and investigations early next year to build the case for their call for a phased withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and for possible action against defense contractors found to have wasted billions in federal funds.
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Leading Democratic lawmakers on Monday urged President Bush to consider changing the civilian leadership at the Pentagon, one week after Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld warned against fascism and appeasement as he defended U.S. policies in Iraq.
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Senate Democrats hope to lure more Republican votes for a policy shift in Iraq by giving emphasis to a change of mission for U.S. troops there.
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The chairman of the U.S. military's Joint Chiefs of Staff is expected to urge President George W. Bush to cut U.S. troop levels in Iraq next year, the Los Angeles Times said on Friday, citing military and administration officials.
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Senate Democratic leaders intend to unveil a plan next week to repeal the 2002 resolution authorizing the war in Iraq in favor of narrower authority that restricts the military's role and begins withdrawals of combat troops.
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Democratic leaders vowed Friday to keep up the pressure on President George W. Bush to end the Iraq war with more votes next month on withdrawing U.S. troops.
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Democrats, expecting House passage Friday of a resolution opposing President Bush's military buildup in Iraq, are turning their sights on an the Pentagon's multibillion-dollar budget
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Democratic leaders in the U.S. Congress on Thursday proposed withdrawing all American combat troops from Iraq by next year, saying President George W. Bush's war strategy had failed and that the United States must instead focus on a brewing storm in Afghanistan.
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Leading U.S. Democrats vowed on Sunday a push to revise President George W. Bush's 2002 authorization to wage war in Iraq, as a way to raise pressure for a change in strategy.
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After a contentious, three-month battle with the White House over Iraq, congressional Democrats limped out of Washington Friday with their sights trained on July for the next round -- but antiwar activists are spoiling for a fight far sooner than that.
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Bloomberg - Sept. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is calling for the U.S. to pull all combat troops out of Iraq by the end of next year, saying there is no military solution to the conflict.
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Democrats stepped up pressure on Thursday for President George W. Bush to halt his Iraq troop buildup, and the president warned Congress against undercutting his military strategy.
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One year after President Bush announced his politically unpopular plan to send thousands more troops to Iraq, Democrats are struggling to counter the administration's argument that the buildup succeeded.