Webb: Bush should think twice before Iraq bill veto
By Klaus Marre
September 19, 2007
Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) said Wednesday President Bush should carefully consider whether he wants to veto legislation that would give troops more rest between deployments to war zones.
“If I were the president of the United States and I had an expression of the Congress that basically said you can’t keep people in Iraq longer than you’re allowing them to be at home, I’d think twice before I vetoed that,” said Webb, the measure's sponsor, as he spoke on CNN.
The Webb amendment is the centerpiece this week of the efforts of Democratic leaders to change the course in Iraq. If Webb’s amendment picks up additional support from Republicans, it could clear the threshold of 60 votes that is needed to overcome a Republican filibuster.
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