Murtha to give Iraqi government 80 days to fulfill promises (CNN)

[Roland99]

http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/blogs/politicalticker/2007/...

Rep. Jack Murtha is expected to lay out his Iraq plan later this week to the House Defense Appropriations subcommittee, Rep. James Moran, D-Virginia, told CNN Monday.

Murtha will propose initially giving Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki 80 days to "fulfill the promises" he made to the Bush Administration, Moran said. Namely, there must be fair sharing of Iraq's oil revenue between the three main ethnic groups, the Iraqi constitution must be approved, and there must be "sufficient security" in Baghdad.

Murtha's plan calls for redeploying U.S. troops during the subsequence six months after the 80 days expires if the Malaki government does not meet those benchmarks.

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Murtha also plans to include a presidential waiver in the supplemental appropriations bill, which would afford President Bush the prerogative to come back to Congress to ask for a waiver on the different restrictions proposed by Murtha.

Now that's a bit more like it.

[Darkhawk32]

1. That's what is needed. K&R. Way to go Jack! n/t

[Jacklyn75]

2. Way to go Murtha! n/t