DeclinetoState
04-02-2007, 03:07 PM
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By ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press Writer
16 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (news (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/politics/news/ap/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq/22499119/*http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?fr=news-storylinks&p=%22Harry%20Reid%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw), bio (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/capadv/bio/ap/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq/22499119/SIG=11716otss/*http://yahoo.capwiz.com/y/bio/?id=370), voting record (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/capadv/vote/ap/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq/22499119/SIG=11geijvn3/*http://yahoo.capwiz.com/y/bio/keyvotes/?id=370)) said Monday he will try to cut off funding for the Iraq war if President Bush rejects Congress' proposal to set a deadline for ending combat.
The move is likely to intensify the Democrats' rift with the administration, which already contends Democrats are putting troops at risk by setting deadlines.
"It's time the self-appointed strategists on Capitol Hill understood a very simple concept: You cannot win a war if you tell the enemy you're going to quit," Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday at fundraising luncheon for Sen. Jeff Sessions (news (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/politics/news/ap/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq/22499119/*http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?fr=news-storylinks&p=%22Jeff%20Sessions%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw), bio (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/capadv/bio/ap/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq/22499119/SIG=117d36h2a/*http://yahoo.capwiz.com/y/bio/?id=269), voting record (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/capadv/vote/ap/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq/22499119/SIG=11gn8b7rg/*http://yahoo.capwiz.com/y/bio/keyvotes/?id=269)), R-Ala.
Also Monday, President Bush conferred by secure videoconference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on the pace of a nearly seven-week-old security crackdown. More (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070402/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq;_ylt=Ar6nGLSHKZq4mvvu6U.uMvas0NUE)
By ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press Writer
16 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (news (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/politics/news/ap/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq/22499119/*http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?fr=news-storylinks&p=%22Harry%20Reid%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw), bio (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/capadv/bio/ap/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq/22499119/SIG=11716otss/*http://yahoo.capwiz.com/y/bio/?id=370), voting record (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/capadv/vote/ap/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq/22499119/SIG=11geijvn3/*http://yahoo.capwiz.com/y/bio/keyvotes/?id=370)) said Monday he will try to cut off funding for the Iraq war if President Bush rejects Congress' proposal to set a deadline for ending combat.
The move is likely to intensify the Democrats' rift with the administration, which already contends Democrats are putting troops at risk by setting deadlines.
"It's time the self-appointed strategists on Capitol Hill understood a very simple concept: You cannot win a war if you tell the enemy you're going to quit," Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday at fundraising luncheon for Sen. Jeff Sessions (news (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/politics/news/ap/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq/22499119/*http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?fr=news-storylinks&p=%22Jeff%20Sessions%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw), bio (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/capadv/bio/ap/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq/22499119/SIG=117d36h2a/*http://yahoo.capwiz.com/y/bio/?id=269), voting record (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/capadv/vote/ap/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq/22499119/SIG=11gn8b7rg/*http://yahoo.capwiz.com/y/bio/keyvotes/?id=269)), R-Ala.
Also Monday, President Bush conferred by secure videoconference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on the pace of a nearly seven-week-old security crackdown. More (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070402/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq;_ylt=Ar6nGLSHKZq4mvvu6U.uMvas0NUE)