http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061021/ap_on_el_se/virginia_senate_iraq;_ylt=AnTzAnKGXQUOoWDOCPRRSELMWM0F;_ylu=X3oDMTA3OXIzMDMzBHNlYwM3MDM-Allen faces questions on Iraq war stance
By BOB LEWIS, Associated Press Writer 36 minutes ago
RICHMOND, Va. - Republican Sen. George Allen (news, bio, voting record) called for "changes in tactics" in how the U.S. is fighting the
Iraq war on Friday as he continued to face questions about his morphing position on the war.
"The situation there is one that needs adjustments, that needs changes in tactics. We need to adapt to the situation on the ground," Allen said at a campaign event Friday morning with GOP leaders of the state legislature.
Even so, Allen, whom polls show to be in a tight Senate race with Democratic candidate Jim Webb, has yet to reject or criticize the hard line on Iraq that he had touted for months and that
President Bush repeated Thursday at an Allen fundraiser.
Allen and Webb appeared separately later Friday in Hampton at a forum of the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, where each signed up for lifetime membership.