Sen. Byrd, who voted no on the IWR, argued it was a blank check, to steer new Senate withdrawal bill

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Byrd's bill

March 21, 2007

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats have drafted a $121.5 billion war spending bill that would direct President Bush to begin bringing home troops from Iraq with the goal of ending U.S. combat missions there in just over a year.

"United States troops should not be policing a civil war, and the current conflict in Iraq requires principally a political solution," states a copy of the draft bill, obtained by The Associated Press. Like the bill the Senate defeated, it would set a nonbinding goal of pulling out combat troops by March 31, 2008.

Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., released details to panel members Wednesday in anticipation of a committee vote on the bill on Thursday.

Byrd's bill would leave an unspecified number of troops behind in Iraq for anti-terrorism missions, to train Iraqi forces and to protect coalition infrastructure and personnel. Of the more than 140,000 U.S. troops in Iraq, fewer than half are combat forces.

The Senate proposal also would urge the Iraqi government to meet certain benchmarks, such as disarming militias and amending the constitution to protect Sunni minorities.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/politics/4649641.html


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1. kick

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2. kick

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3. good for him

I really like the old gentleman, a perfect example of how some can and do see the light. Yes, go Sen. Byrd, bring our Troops home

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4. Happy to see they do not stop at the first defeat and continue to push the bill.

This is the right thing to do: attach it to every bill they can attach it to.


Also, I can only be stunned by AP's idiocy.