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07-08-2007, 12:46 AM
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a73cTD2DUx2k&refer=us
"...It's obvious today that we need a new strategy,'' Alexander said in an interview today. ``We expect more to join us.''
The measures may become the vehicles for more congressional Republicans to publicly rebuff Bush's war policies, said Ross Baker, a professor of political science at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The bipartisan Iraq Study Group offers a way out for Republicans growing apprehensive about the fact that the U.S., after sending some 20,000 additional troops to Iraq this year, has little to show for it, he said.
``There are Republicans up for re-election in 2008 who are desperate for cover, and this gives it to them,'' Baker said. ``It's a tent under which a lot of moderates and even conservatives can camp temporarily.''
The U.S. now has about 157,000 troops in Iraq, and the death toll has climbed above 3,500....
"...It's obvious today that we need a new strategy,'' Alexander said in an interview today. ``We expect more to join us.''
The measures may become the vehicles for more congressional Republicans to publicly rebuff Bush's war policies, said Ross Baker, a professor of political science at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The bipartisan Iraq Study Group offers a way out for Republicans growing apprehensive about the fact that the U.S., after sending some 20,000 additional troops to Iraq this year, has little to show for it, he said.
``There are Republicans up for re-election in 2008 who are desperate for cover, and this gives it to them,'' Baker said. ``It's a tent under which a lot of moderates and even conservatives can camp temporarily.''
The U.S. now has about 157,000 troops in Iraq, and the death toll has climbed above 3,500....