Dean: We Need to Change Course in Iraq Now, Not September Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement in support of the Senate’s efforts to change course in Iraq and responsibly redeploy our troops: “Democrats believe we need to change course in Iraq now, not in September, and are holding Congressional Republicans accountable for obstructing the will of the American people and military experts,” Dean said. “President Bush and Republican leaders stubbornly continue to ignore the facts on the ground. Today, a new National Intelligence Estimate provides additional evidence that Republicans have failed to make our homeland...