Reid Opens Door to Pact With Antiwar Republicans
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LAS VEGAS -- Saying the coming weeks will be "one of the last opportunities" to alter the course of the war, Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) said he is now willing to compromise with Republicans to find ways to limit troop deployments in Iraq.
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Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid vowed on Wednesday to block former U.S. Solicitor General Theodore Olson from becoming attorney general if President George W. Bush nominates him to replace Alberto Gonzales.
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Several Republican senators are stepping up their opposition to the Bush administration's plan to authorize military trials for suspected terrorists, with one calling a key part of the bill "ill-advised." The issue in contention involves a White House-backed bid to redefine the U.S. interpretation of the Geneva Conventions. Some GOP senators say that would be a mistake.
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Republican Fred Thompson,  making his first appearance since his late entry into the 2008  White House race, criticized the immigration pact in Congress  on Saturday and said the United States was battling threats  from &quot;forces of evil.&quot;
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Senator Harry Reid and the Democrats are increasingly confident they can assemble majority opposition to administration policies.
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One of the Senate's top Republicans has called on President Bush to start bringing U.S. troops home from Iraq by Christmas, telling reporters Thursday that a pullout was needed to spur Iraqi leaders to action.
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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid questioned Tuesday whether word of a possible British troop withdrawal from Iraq would pressure President Bush into changing his war strategy, and said Senate Democrats will move ahead with their own efforts to limit the president's authority.
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Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell was conspicuous by his absence when key Republicans met with White House officials last week on how to limit party defections on Iraq.
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With Republicans speaking out against President Bush's war policy on the House floor yesterday, GOP leaders and the White House conceded defeat on a resolution opposing sending additional U.S. troops to Iraq and began looking toward the coming battle over the war's funding.
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RICHMOND, Virginia  - Republican Fred Thompson, making his first appearance since his late entry into the 2008 White House race, criticized the immigration pact in Congress on Saturday and said the United States was battling threats from "forces of evil."
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In pushing for a bipartisan plan, they seek to avoid 'ownership' of the Iraq war.
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Senate Republicans torpedoed legislation Wednesday to force the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq, bowing to President Bush's adamant refusal to consider any change in war strategy before September.
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WASHINGTON -- Senate majority leader Harry Reid said yesterday that he had lost confidence in Gen eral Peter Pace and was happy to learn the four-star general will not remain chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Reid also said he was concerned Gen eral David Petraeus might not be offering an honest assessment of the Iraq war.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid vowed on Wednesday to block former U.S. Solicitor General Theodore Olson from becoming attorney general if President George W. Bush nominates him to replace Alberto Gonzales.
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Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid said on Sunday he would support a short-term increase in U.S. troop numbers in Iraq being weighed by President George W. Bush if it is part of a broader withdrawal plan.
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Stymied by Republicans on the Sept. 11 commission bill and a lobbying overhaul, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., threatened Friday to take away senatorsÃ¢ÂÂ August vacation time.
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Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid accepted free ringside tickets from the Nevada Athletic Commission to three professional boxing matches while that state agency was trying to influence him on federal regulation of boxing.