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To: Rick Faurot who wrote (29932)	10/11/2003 11:50:11 AM
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Democrats Criticize Bush Postwar Approach to Iraq Sat October 11, 2003 11:26 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats criticized President Bush's postwar policies in Iraq on Saturday, saying his "go-it-alone" approach is placing too much of a burden on U.S. troops and taxpayers. "While the battle to oust Saddam Hussein was well-planned and well-executed, the president did not plan well for winning the peace and rebuilding the nation," Rep. Baron Hill of Indiana said in the weekly Democratic radio address. "There has been little support from the international community. Our troops have been taking almost all the risks, and American taxpayers have been paying all the bills," he said. "To be successful, the president's 'go-it-alone' strategy must end." Congress is in the process of considering an emergency spending request by Bush for $87 billion for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. About $20 billion of that request would go to help rebuild Iraq's shattered infrastructure. Hill said the size of the request, on top of about $63 billion already spent, stunned both Democrats and Republicans. The administration should also be mindful of priorities at home as well as in Iraq, he added. "It is fantasy for us to believe that we can fund a war and a reconstruction effort, and at the same time provide adequate resources for homeland security, health care, education and debt reduction -- all the while staring at an annual deficit approaching a half a trillion dollars, a record-setting figure," Hill said. The emergency spending bill, which has been a lightning rod for Democratic criticism of Bush's handling of postwar Iraq, is expected to be considered by the full House and Senate next week.