Democrats Push Toward Middle On Iraq Policy
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Democratic leaders in Congress have decided to shift course and pursue modest bipartisan measures to alter U.S. military strategy in Iraq, hoping to use incremental changes instead of aggressive legislation to break the grip Republicans have held over the direction of war policy.
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Two months after Democrats took control of Congress, there isn't much to show for the switch in power &#151; despite feverish efforts to weigh in on meaty matters, such as the war in Iraq.
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The proposal to change the original Iraq resolution is a long-shot, but Democrats may be more interested in stockpiling ammunition against Republicans than actually changing policy
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Thwarted in their attempt to formally rebuke President Bush, Senate Democrats yesterday shifted their focus to narrowing the U.S. military mission in Iraq.
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Intent on seizing control of Congress, Democrats want to keep the focus on President Bush's missteps in Iraq. Yet the war is fracturing the party in a handful of House and Senate races.
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For Iowa Democrats, the 2008  presidential campaign is starting where the 2004 race ended --  with a search for plain talk and realistic plans on how to end  the war in Iraq.
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Three days of intense debate over the Iraq war begins in the House today, with Democrats planning to propose a narrowly worded rebuke of President Bush's troop buildup and Republicans girding for broad defections on their side.
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The war in Iraq is shaping the opening stages of the contest for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, just as it did in the 2004 campaign.
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With Republican support for the Iraq war cracking, Democratic leaders in the Senate are seeking to attract GOP support to force President Bush to begin withdrawing combat troops.
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The Democratic presidential hopefuls  scrambled for advantage in the widening debate over Iraq on  Wednesday, with Barack Obama calling for combat troops to come  home by the end of 2008 and Hillary Clinton asking the White  House to speed any withdrawal.
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House Democratic leaders have coalesced around legislation that would require troops to come home from Iraq within six months if that country's leaders fail to meet promises to help reduce violence there, party officials said Thursday.
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House Democratic leaders are developing an anti-war proposal that wouldn't cut off money for U.S. troops in Iraq while requiring President Bush to acknowledge problems with an overburdened military.
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Democrats stepped up pressure on Thursday for President George W. Bush to halt his Iraq troop buildup, and the president warned Congress against undercutting his military strategy.
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Senate Democrats are confident they can pass legislation to give troops more rest between Iraq deployments, a measure aimed at pressing the Bush administration to change its war policy.
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Democratic leaders backed away from aggressive plans to limit President Bush's war authority, the latest sign of divisions within their ranks over how to proceed.
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In a direct challenge to President Bush, House Democrats are advancing legislation requiring the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq by the fall of next year.
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The Democrats' internecine squabbling over the war is a family argument about tactics, not a showdown over principle. The left should remember that.