Saturday, April 28, 2007

U.S. fight over Iraq war funds to enter new phase

(Reuters) - The Democratic-led Congress plans to send Bush a bill on Tuesday that gives $124 billion for the war in Iraq but requires a pullout to begin by Oct. 1. The White House has said Bush will waste no time in vetoing it and may do so the day he gets it.

Debate on the bill has been marked by escalating rhetoric, with Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada saying Bush has already lost the war and Republicans labeling him a defeatist.


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