Democrats prepare new strategy on Iraq war
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Despite losing the Iraq war budget battle to the White House, Democrats are giving a positive spin to Congress&#39; vote on it last week while gearing up for new, tougher battles on the unpopular war.
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Part of a classified intelligence report that says the war in Iraq has increased the terrorist threat against the United States has fueled calls by congressional Democrats for a new direction in the nation's war on terrorism.
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Democrats said that they would move toward integrating the war spending into the regular federal budget.
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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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Facing calls by lawmakers in President Bush's own party to change Iraq war strategy, the White House announced Tuesday it is "beginning a retooled mission in Iraq" after a disappointing interim report on Iraqi benchmarks.
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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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WASHINGTON -- President Bush called yesterday on Democrats and Republicans to work together on a new strategy for the war in Iraq after a high-level group said the administration's current approach was not working.
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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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House Democrats range from nervous centrists to an antiwar contingent that wants a swift withdrawal.
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Senate Democratic leaders are planning a rare all-night session tonight, employing theatrics and scheduling votes that they hope will chip away at Republican resolve to back President Bush's Iraq war strategy.
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Six Democratic presidential hopefuls courted party leaders on Friday with calls to end the Iraq war but offered divergent views on how to do it, saying the debate would be a crucial test of Democratic leadership.
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U.S. House of Representatives Democrats unveiled a resolution on Monday opposing a troop buildup in Iraq, setting up a confrontation this week over President George W. Bush's war strategy.
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House Democratic leaders intend to propose legislation requiring the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq by the fall of 2008, and even earlier if the Iraqi government fails to meet security and other goals, congressional officials said Wednesday night.
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President Bush and Democratic rival Sen. John Kerry prepared on Thursday for a security policy showdown expected to focus on Iraq, where
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Senate Democrats are hoping to force at least modest troop withdrawals in the coming months.
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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, were expected to step up their pressure on the administration in order to force it to change its strategy in the war.
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US Democrats opened a new front in their battle for the White House, attacking Vice President Dick Cheney and his old company Halliburton for alleged &quot;cronyism&quot; that reaped billions of dollars of business in Iraq.