Democrats debate Iraq strategy
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MANCHESTER, New Hampshire  - The Democratic presidential front-runners came under attack from a rival on Sunday for showing insufficient leadership on ending the war in Iraq in a debate in which the main target was President George W. Bush.
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Democrats relentlessly assailed President Bush's policy in Iraq as a catastrophic failure Tuesday as the House plunged into momentous debate on a war that has lost public support and cost more than 3,100 U.S. troops their lives. "No more blank checks," declared Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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Democrats in the US are planning a Senate challenge to President George W Bush's handling of the Iraq war.
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Frustrated by the political breakdown in the Senate, House Democratic leaders decided to begin debate next week on their own Iraq resolution.
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President George W. Bush and Republicans have taken a battering over Iraq, but it's not because voters believe Democrats have a clear strategy for ending the conflict and bringing American soldiers home.
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As Democrats prepare to take control of Congress, a congressional report recommends that lawmakers re-examine U.S. policy in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Senate Democrats are revising their major war legislation to attract votes to pass and potentially launch a withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq by yearÃ¢ÂÂs end.
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Even as Pentagon planners search for ways to shift the Iraq mission from combat to support with fewer U.S. troops, Democrats plan to raise their pressure on President Bush to end U.S. involvement in the unpopular war.
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After weeks of watching their counterparts in the House make headway on anti-war legislation, Senate Democrats say it is their turn to put their members on record on whether President Bush should pull U.S. combat troops out of Iraq.
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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.
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Democrats in the U.S. Senate planned to begin debating on Wednesday a resolution to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq, but Republicans made clear they opposed the measure and would try to prevent its passage.
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DES MOINES, Iowa  - Democratic presidential rivals Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama battled over Iraq on Tuesday, with Clinton urging an early pullout of U.S. troops and Obama questioning his opponents' shifting stances on the war.
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Health care and the Iraq war topped the agenda Wednesday as the Democratic presidential candidates gathered for a nationally televised debate, the seventh involving the White House hopefuls.
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Frustrated by Republican efforts to block votes on bringing American combat troops home from Iraq, Senate Democratic leaders were preparing to roll out sleeping cots Tuesday for an all-night debate on the war.
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WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia  - Democrats angry at President Bush for his Iraq policy will get a chance to air their grievances on Saturday at a rare meeting that Bush hopes to use to find common ground on contentious issues.
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House Democratic leaders are developing an anti-war proposal that wouldn't cut off money for U.S. troops in Iraq while requiring President Bush to acknowledge problems with an overburdened military
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The high hurdles faced by congressional Democrats in their efforts to end the Iraq war make electing a Democratic president in 2008 the best way to finish the conflict, Democratic party chairman Howard Dean said Saturday.