'Monumental' Iraq progress needed to sway ("Blue Dogs") Democrats plans

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Source: WashTimes

Democrats, including the party's conservative "Blue Dogs," say it will take "monumental" improvement in Iraq — not the current blips of success — to sway them from pushing for a U.S. troop withdrawal after a September progress report.

"The military victories are just episodic," said Rep. Jane Harman, a hawkish California Democrat and chairman of the Homeland Security intelligence subcommittee.

"It is doubtful that there will be a silver bullet, or even a brass bullet, in this report that will turn this thing around."

Rep. Charlie Wilson, a freshman Democrat from a conservative blue-collar Ohio district, said he "would definitely need monumental proof, not just an isolated improvement."


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1. Translation...

Get the oil flowing....