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New York Daily News
April 1, 2007
By News Wire Services
WASHINGTON - Americans are not buying President Bush's contention that Democratic legislation setting a goal for troop withdrawal is bad for the country.
The survey found 57% of Americans support the plan, passed this week by the U.S. Senate, to set a March 2008 goal for troop withdrawal. Just 36% opposed it and 7% were unsure in the poll by Princeton Survey Research Associates International.
Nevertheless, the President, in his weekly radio address, again railed against the Senate's Iraq bill and the nonwar items included in it.
A House version of the Iraq spending bill demands a September 2008 withdrawal. The two versions must now be reconciled when House and Senate negotiators return from a two-week spring break.
Bush repeated his promise to veto the bills if the time lines stay in - and if the unrelated earmarks stay in as well - because they "undercut our troops."
Democrats put up retired Marine Lt. Col. Andrew Horne to respond to the President. He said it would be Bush who would be "undermining the troops" if he vetoed the Democratic legislation.
"The commander in chief has failed to properly lead the troops, and previous Congresses didn't ask the tough questions, or demand accountability. The result is the mess we are in today," Horne said.
Though Iraqi troops are supposed to be taking the lead in the security crackdown in Baghdad and surrounding areas, U.S. troop deaths were nearly twice as high as Iraqi military casualties there in in March.
The Associated Press count of U.S. military deaths for the month was 81, while figures compiled from the Iraqi ministries of Defense, Health and Interior showed the Iraqi military toll was 44.
April 1, 2007
By News Wire Services
WASHINGTON - Americans are not buying President Bush's contention that Democratic legislation setting a goal for troop withdrawal is bad for the country.
The survey found 57% of Americans support the plan, passed this week by the U.S. Senate, to set a March 2008 goal for troop withdrawal. Just 36% opposed it and 7% were unsure in the poll by Princeton Survey Research Associates International.
Nevertheless, the President, in his weekly radio address, again railed against the Senate's Iraq bill and the nonwar items included in it.
A House version of the Iraq spending bill demands a September 2008 withdrawal. The two versions must now be reconciled when House and Senate negotiators return from a two-week spring break.
Bush repeated his promise to veto the bills if the time lines stay in - and if the unrelated earmarks stay in as well - because they "undercut our troops."
Democrats put up retired Marine Lt. Col. Andrew Horne to respond to the President. He said it would be Bush who would be "undermining the troops" if he vetoed the Democratic legislation.
"The commander in chief has failed to properly lead the troops, and previous Congresses didn't ask the tough questions, or demand accountability. The result is the mess we are in today," Horne said.
Though Iraqi troops are supposed to be taking the lead in the security crackdown in Baghdad and surrounding areas, U.S. troop deaths were nearly twice as high as Iraqi military casualties there in in March.
The Associated Press count of U.S. military deaths for the month was 81, while figures compiled from the Iraqi ministries of Defense, Health and Interior showed the Iraqi military toll was 44.