Democrats proceed with Iraq legislation
Roseburg News-Review
09/21/07
Senate Democrats defiantly charged ahead Thursday with legislation ordering troops home from Iraq, still lacking the votes to win but armed with the mantra that Republicans, along with President Bush, now own the war. ‘They want this war more than they want to protect our soldiers,’ Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., told reporters. ‘When I say they want the war, they want to protect their president more than they want to protect our troops’...
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Long-term US plan for Iraq would cost additional billions
MSNBC
09/20/07
The cost of a long-term U.S. military presence in Iraq similar to the peacekeeping role American troops have played in South Korea would range from $10 billion to $25 billion a year, the Congressional Budget Office said Thursday. A Korea-like presence of 55,000 troops would cost about $25 billion a year in a ‘combat’ scenario similar to the current mission, the nonpartisan CBO said in a report...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20891236/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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Harry Reid: War Now Belongs to GOP
Anne Flaherty reports for The Associated Press: "Democrats are unable to pass legislation that would challenge President Bush on the Iraq war, despite public opinion polls that show the war remains deeply unpopular with voters. Failing to muster the support, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says the war now belonged to Republicans and vowed they would have to go on record again and again as siding with President Bush."
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/092107L.shtml
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Harry+Reid
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=GOP
09/21/07
Senate Democrats defiantly charged ahead Thursday with legislation ordering troops home from Iraq, still lacking the votes to win but armed with the mantra that Republicans, along with President Bush, now own the war. ‘They want this war more than they want to protect our soldiers,’ Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., told reporters. ‘When I say they want the war, they want to protect their president more than they want to protect our troops’...
http://tinyurl.com/39k4su
Long-term US plan for Iraq would cost additional billions
MSNBC
09/20/07
The cost of a long-term U.S. military presence in Iraq similar to the peacekeeping role American troops have played in South Korea would range from $10 billion to $25 billion a year, the Congressional Budget Office said Thursday. A Korea-like presence of 55,000 troops would cost about $25 billion a year in a ‘combat’ scenario similar to the current mission, the nonpartisan CBO said in a report...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20891236/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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Harry Reid: War Now Belongs to GOP
Anne Flaherty reports for The Associated Press: "Democrats are unable to pass legislation that would challenge President Bush on the Iraq war, despite public opinion polls that show the war remains deeply unpopular with voters. Failing to muster the support, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says the war now belonged to Republicans and vowed they would have to go on record again and again as siding with President Bush."
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/092107L.shtml
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Harry+Reid
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=GOP
rudkla - 21. Sep, 11:54
