Key GOP leaders warm up to setting Iraq benchmarks

[maddezmom]

Source: LATimes

WASHINGTON – A key Republican House leader said Sunday that if President Bush’s current strategy in Iraq is not working by the fall, members of Congress will demand to know what the White House’s next plan is.

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"Over the course of the next three months or four months, we’ll have some idea how well the plan is working,” Boehner told Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday.” “Early signs are indicating there is clearly some success on a number of fronts. But by the time we get to September, October, members are going to want to know how well this is working, and if it isn’t, what’s Plan B.”

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Appearing on CNN’s “Late Edition,” Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, agreed with Boehner but said that, even if there was another shift in U.S. strategy, the American military would remain in Iraq for a long time.

“I think the congressman is correct,” Lugar said. “General Petraeus will be back. He’ll make a report. Some things will go well; some things will not go so well. But we’ll still have an obligation.”

Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., said Boehner’s comments indicated that it might be possible to force a change in the Bush administration’s Iraq policy in the fall.



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[rodeodance]

1. Watch for the word "flexibilty" (bush must have flexibility)

[bdamomma]

2. so in the meantime, we will have more dead troops and Iraqis

we have criminals running our government when is enough enough.

[damntexdem]

3. We can't wait for the fall. Act now!

Or, rather, don't act now: don't pass any funding for the war.

[Roland99]

4. Didn't Kindasleazy Lies already mention 2-3 months, like, 2-3 months ago??

[bamacrat]

5. Because they are realizing they have no chance at ever controlling anything again..

unless they pull their head out of b*shs ass.

[Parche]

6. Iraq

Yes 100 killed in a month is great progress!!! :sarcasm: :sarcasm: