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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?

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To: American Spirit who wrote (10364)	5/23/2007 11:21:29 AM
From: Ann Corrigan	Read Replies (1) of 224750

Indecisive Hillary seeks Iraq withdrawal plan.. DEV BARRETT(AP)-May 22,2007 WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton prodded the Pentagon Wednesday to plan quickly for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq — a politically loaded contingency that military leaders have avoided discussing. The Democratic presidential candidate, whose recent statements have made her own position murky on when the bulk of U.S. troops should leave Iraq, urged top military brass in a private meeting and a public letter to detail how they would bring forces home. The New York senator met privately with Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Peter Pace late Tuesday, and sent a letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates urging military leaders to begin such planning if they haven't already. The move by Clinton follows a failure by congressional Democrats to muster enough votes for legislation forcing a timed withdrawal. Clinton now wants the Pentagon to brief lawmakers on their withdrawal contingency plans. Last week, after voting to advance a bill that would force withdrawal by March 2008, Clinton said she would not commit to supporting that deadline. Hours later, she said she would in fact support that deadline, prompting one Democratic challenger, Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, to question what her position actually is. Clinton voted in 2002 to authorize the Iraq invasion, but became a constant critic of the Bush administration's handling of the war. That original vote still upsets many anti-war Democrats, who were further infuriated by her long-running opposition to a date certain deadline for withdrawal. She seemed to back off that stance with her recent comments on supporting the March 2008 deadline. Clinton sided with 28 other senators who lost a procedural vote on the measure offered by Sen. Russ Feingold. The amendment would have cut off money for combat operations after March 2008.

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