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To: stockman_scott who wrote (75411)	8/30/2007 7:22:46 AM
From: Crimson Ghost	Read Replies (1) of 89467

Democrats talking tough on iraq, but will they cave when the chips are down as they have so many times in the past? Democrats to block Bush fund request Democratic leaders warned Wednesday that Congress must stop writing blank checks for the Iraq war, after a report said the White House would request an extra 50 billion dollars in funding. The Pentagon however said the report by the Washington Post that President George W. Bush could seek to take spending on the Iraq and Afghan wars to three billion dollars a week, was premature. Democratic leaders have tried and failed to use past emergency funding bills for the war to force Bush to accept troop withdrawal timetables. They signalled Wednesday they would use any new request to mount a new bid to change war strategy, as both sides gird for crucial testimony on the war by Iraq commander general David Petraeus and ambassador to Baghdad Ryan Crocker. A statement issued by House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi's office blamed Bush for pursuing "failed policies" in Iraq that had cost dearly in lives and dollars. "The American people are demanding a new direction on the Iraq war not another quarterly invoice," the statement said. "It is time to wind down this war and begin to bring our troops home safely and soon."

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