Sen. Warner Will not Negotiate On Iraq Resolution

Sen. John Warner ( R-Va.) says that he will not bargain with the Democrats over which resolution will be put forth to the President.

   As is par for the course, the resolution that Warner endorses is not as hard on Bush as is the resolution being put forth by the Democrats.

   I guess that Warner still harbors close feelings for Mr. Bush?

     From Yahoo News

Warner's resolution would put the Senate on record as opposing Bush's decision to send 21,500 more troops to Iraq. It leaves open the possibility that a small number of forces could be sent to the western Anbar Province, where al-Qaida members are believed to be operating.

The nonbinding measure is less critical than one approved Wednesday in a 12-9 vote by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. That resolution _ introduced by Sens. Joseph Biden (news, bio, voting record), D-Del., Carl Levin (news, bio, voting record), D-Mich., and Chuck Hagel (news, bio, voting record), R-Neb. _ states flatly that sending more troops into Iraq is "not in the national interest."

Amid the maneuvering, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (news, bio, voting record), D-Calif., and Rep. John Murtha (news, bio, voting record), D-Pa., led House members on a fact-finding trip to Iraq. And other Democrats attacked Vice President Dick Cheney for comments in a CNN interview Wednesday defending administration policy in Iraq.

"To have Vice President Cheney suggest that we have had a series of enormous successes in Iraq is delusional," said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.

 

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Bush On Why The Escalation Will Work

  From CBS News

(The Politico) By The Politico's Josephine Hearn and Mike Allen.

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said yesterday that President George W. Bush did not consult her before announcing his new strategy for the war in Iraq — a sign that, despite the cozy rhetoric, the relationship between Washington's two powerhouses has already had its share of friction.                                                                     In an interview, Pelosi also said she was puzzled by what she considered the president's minimalist explanation for his confidence in the new surge of 21,500 U.S. troops that he has presented as the crux of a new "way forward" for U.S. forces in Iraq.
"He's tried this two times — it's failed twice," the California Democrat said. "I asked him at the White House, 'Mr. President, why do you think this time it's going to work?' And he said, 'Because I told them it had to.' "              Entire Article

   I'm not sure about you, the reader. But I sure feel alot safer now!

 

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