HuffPo/AP: White House to Warner, Lugar: Thanks, But No Thanks

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Guess Chimpy won't even allow a toothless "suggestion" measure from the GOP's top Senate brass:

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20070715/us-iraq/

WASHINGTON — The White House is holding firm on its Iraq strategy in the face of yet another effort to curb the mission, proposed this time by moderate Republicans the Bush administration can ill afford to lose.

President Bush's national security adviser, Stephen Hadley, said Sunday the administration's "very orderly process" for reviewing its Iraq plans should be allowed to play out despite a hurry-up initiative from two respected GOP senators.

Hadley's reply was "No" when asked whether Bush could live with the proposal by Sens. John Warner of Virginia and Richard Lugar of Indiana. They want to give the president until mid-October to submit a plan to restrict the use of U.S. troops in Iraq to fighting terrorists and securing borders and U.S. interests.

Bush is sticking to his plan to take stock of progress in Iraq in September and decide on a course of action from there, without conditions, his aide said.


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I would've thought Chimpy might welcome this fairly non-threatening (and non-binding) measure from his own loyal enablers--it could take a little of the political heat off of him in regard to Iraq for a few more months, while creating at least an APPEARANCE of seeking an exit strategy. I'm very surprised it was shot down so soon.