Tempers flare on Iraq

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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1153AP_Iraq_Duel...

By CALVIN WOODWARD
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER


In this photograph provided by "Meet the Press," Sen. James Webb, D-Va., left, and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., appear on "Meet the Press'" Sunday, July 15, 2007, at the NBC studios in Washington. (AP Photo/Meet The Press, Alex Wong)
WASHINGTON -- When senators from opposing parties call each other "friend" and pat each other as they talk, there's a fighting chance they're angling to wring each other's neck.

So it appeared on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday when Democrat Jim Webb of Virginia and Republican Lindsey Graham of South Carolina testily exchanged views on President Bush's Iraq policy and troop welfare. An impromptu troop surge debate turned into a temper surge.