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| Bush holds firm on Iraq plan |
| United States President George W Bush is not contemplating withdrawing forces from Iraq now despite an erosion of support among Republicans
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 10-July-2007
10:30:2 AM |
| United States President George W Bush is not contemplating withdrawing forces from Iraq now despite an erosion of support among Republicans for his war policy, the White House said on Monday.
The administration also tried to lower expectations about a report due on Sunday on whether the Iraqi government is meeting political, economic and security benchmarks that Bush set in January.
White House Press Secretary Tony Snow said that all of the additional troops had only just got in place and it would be unrealistic to expect major progress so soon.
''I'm not sure everyone's going to get an 'A' on the first report,'' Snow said.
Pressure mounts
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told reporters on Monday that Democrats won't wait for the reports and will move forward with anti-war legislation.
Speaking at a news conference on Capitol Hill, Reid said, ''The surge (in troops) was supposed to provide Iraq political leaders the space to make the compromises necessary to unite this nation. It hasn't happened, despite the bravery of our troops.''
Bush is under growing pressure even within his own party to shift course in Iraq as the war drags on and casualties climb.
At least 3,605 members of the US military have died since the war began in March 2003.
Dip in ratings
Bush's approval rating in the polls has sunk to record lows. Earlier this year Bush vetoed legislation that would have set a deadline for US troop withdrawals.
In recent days three Republicans - Senators Richard Lugar of Indiana, George Voinovich of Ohio and Pete Domenici of New Mexico - have announced they can no longer support Bush's Iraq strategy and have called on the president to start reducing the military's role there.
At the conservative think tank the American Enterprise Institute, competing views on the current situation in Iraq were heard at a symposium designed to measure the success of the surge in US troops in Iraq.
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