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Bush vetoes war funding bill, but fight isn=E2=80=99t over
Democrats promise to push the issue; compromise discussions planned
by David Gregory
Chief White House correspondent
NBC News
Updated: 7:27 p.m. ET May 1, 2007
WASHINGTON - Returning to the White House tonight from a visit to
Central Command in Florida, the president made good on his promise to
veto a war spending bill that sets a deadline for the withdrawal of
U=2ES. troops.
Afterward, he addressed the nation.
"All the terrorists would have to do is mark their calendars and
gather their strength and begin plotting how to overthrow the
government and take control of the country of Iraq," Bush said of
Congress' proposed setting of a withdrawal deadline. "Setting a
deadline for withdrawal is setting a date for failure and that would
be irresponsible."
Earlier on Capitol Hill, Democrats had the stage =E2=80=94 signing a $124
billion war supplemental that sets a goal of withdrawing most combat
forces from Iraq by April 2008.
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WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush vetoed legislation today that
would force him to begin withdrawing US combat troops from Iraq this
year, setting up a new showdown with Democratic leaders in Congress
over funding the war.
"Setting a deadline for withdrawal is setting a deadline for failure,
and that would be irresponsible," Bush said in a nationally televised
speech shortly after issuing only the second veto of his presidency.
Bush's rejection of the legislation came on the four-year anniversary
of his 2003 speech announcing the end of major combat operations in
Iraq beneath a "Mission Accomplished" banner, an event roundly
condemned by war critics.
"Stop the war now," shouted a protester outside the White House gate.
Bush vetoed a US$124 ($169.28) billion bill to fund wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan. It was a stiff arm to attempts by Democrats who control
the US Congress to force him into a shift in strategy in the unpopular
war.
Under the legislation, which won the support of only four Republicans
in Congress, American troop withdrawals would begin as early as July 1
and no later than Oct. 1, with the nonbinding goal of removing all
combat troops by March 31.
Democrats concede they do not have the votes to override Bush's veto,
putting more pressure on both sides to compromise.
Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives planned to hold a
veto override vote on Wednesday, and Bush invited congressional
leaders to the White House that day to discuss next steps.
Bush vetoed the bill with a pen given to him by Robert Derga, the
father of Marine Reserve Corp. Dustin Derga of Columbus, Ohio, who was
killed in Iraq's Anbar Province on May 8, 2005. Derga had asked Bush
to use the pen for the veto, said White House spokesman Tony Fratto.
Democrats who manoeuvred their bill through narrow majorities in the
House and the Senate marked the four-year war anniversary by sending
their bill to the White House with last-minute appeals to Bush to sign
it.
At a bill-signing ceremony at the Capitol, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
said the measure "respects the wishes of the American people to end
the Iraq war".
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada pointed to the April death
toll of US troops in Iraq, more than 100, as evidence of a need to
change course.
"Reality on the ground proves what we all know: A change of course is
needed," he said.
- REUTERS
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