Senators Urge Bush to Rethink Iraq Policy
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Senators from both parties urged the Bush administration on Sunday to make a realistic assessment of the situation in Iraq and adjust its policies aimed at pacifying the country.
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I n the past two weeks, three prominent Republican senators have defected on Iraq. One, Sen. George V. Voinovich of Ohio, even wrote Bush a letter to explain the reasons for his reversal.
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Republican support for President Bush's Iraq war policy suffered a significant crack Monday evening when Republican Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana urged the president to change course in Iraq "very soon."
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Top Senate Democrats joined with Republican Sen. John Warner on Wednesday to support a nonbinding resolution opposing President George W. Bush's Iraq strategy, increasing prospects that Bush will face an embarrassing repudiation.
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Leading U.S. Democrats vowed on Sunday to seek a revision in 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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The two top Democrats in the U.S.  Congress challenged President Bush on Monday to draft an "exit  strategy" in Iraq and work with them in his drive to revamp the  Social Security retirement program.
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The U.S. Senate moved a step closer to repudiating U.S. President George W. Bush's Iraq strategy on Thursday when a key Democrat backed a Republican-crafted proposal opposing a troop increase.
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Senators in the US Congress debate a bill opposing President Bush's plan to send extra troops to Iraq.
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Democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Sunday warned Republicans not to block consideration of a measure opposing President Bush's troop increase in Iraq, saying it would be a "terrible mistake" to prevent debate on the top issue in America.
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US Senator Richard Lugar, a top Republican in Congress and stalwart supporter of President George W. Bush, said Monday that US policy in Iraq is not working, and said the time has come for a new strategy.
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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 but would require President Bush to acknowledge problems with an overburdened military.
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WASHINGTON A bipartisan call is going out to the Bush administration to face reality in Iraq and change its occupation policies. Senators from both parties say &quot;incompetence&quot; has kept the administration from
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Senate Republicans sharply challenged President Bush's top military general and ambassador in Iraq on Tuesday in a sign that some within the GOP retain serious misgivings about the protracted war.
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Republicans blocked a debate on the Iraq war in the U.S. Senate on Monday, dealing a setback to critics of President George W. Bush's plan to send in thousands more troops, but Democrats warned they would not give up trying to force Bush to change course.
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With Republican support for the Iraq war cracking, Democratic leaders in the Senate are seeking to attract GOP support to force President Bush to begin withdrawing combat troops.
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Several Republican senators Tuesday called for President Bush to implement a new war strategy based on recommendations by the Iraq Study Group, which called for winding down the U.S. combat mission.
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US Senate Democrats, thwarted in their bid to force a debate on President George W. Bush's planned US troop buildup in Iraq, are expected to step up their pressure on the administration in order to force it to change its strategy in the war.