Thursday, March 29, 2007

Senate Approves Spending Measure with Timeline for Withdrawing Troops from Iraq Setting Up Showdown with Bush

The Senate today approved a spending measure with a timeline for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, setting up a showdown with President George W. Bush, who has vowed to veto any congressional demands to end the war... The $122 billion emergency spending legislation funds military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and provides money for domestic needs such as relief to victims of Hurricane Katrina... The proposal calls for U.S. troop withdrawals from Iraq to begin 120 days...
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Yahoo News has this take on the story... Senate Democrats ignored a veto threat and pushed through a bill Thursday requiring President Bush to start withdrawing troops from "the civil war in Iraq," dealing a rare, sharp rebuke to a wartime commander in chief...
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Senate OKs war bill with Iraq timeline

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