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Politics > Politics-USA |
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"Tuttles Almanac" |
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16 Jun 2005 07:34:36 PM |
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'Freedom fries' lawmaker urges Iraq pullout plan |
Congressmen call for U.S. withdrawal
Sponsors include Republican who pushed for 'freedom fries'
http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/06/16/us.iraqresolution/index.html
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Republican congressman who pushed for
"french fries" to be renamed "freedom fries" joined a bipartisan
group of House members Thursday to call on President Bush to
begin plans for a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq.
Rep. Walter Jones of North Carolina said it is time for Congress
to start talking about bringing American troops home from Iraq.
A White House spokesman emphasized the need to complete the mission
and said Bush would "sharpen his focus" in his public appearances to
counter a sag in public support for the war.
The proposed House resolution calls on Bush to announce by year's end
a plan for a withdrawal from Iraq that would begin by October 1, 2006.
"After 1,700 deaths, over 12,000 wounded and $200 billion spent, we
believe it is time to have this debate and this discussion on this
resolution," said Jones, a member of the House Armed Services Committee.
Other sponsors are Republican Rep. Ron Paul, a former Libertarian
presidential candidate from Texas; Democratic Rep. Neil Abercrombie of
Hawaii, another Armed Services Committee member; and Ohio Rep.
Dennis Kucinich, who sought the Democratic presidential nomination as
an antiwar candidate last year.
Polls show flagging public support for the two-year-old war. A Gallup survey
last week found that 56 percent of those polled thought the war was not worth
the cost, and 59 percent said some or all U.S. troops should be pulled out....
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