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  • Democrats Challenge Bush on Iraq Bill (Showdown!!)

    04/23/2007 6:46:51 PM PDT · by Anti-Bubba182 · 36 replies · 1,332+ views
    AP ^ | Apr 23-2007 | DAVID ESPO
    WASHINGTON (AP) - A historic veto showdown assured, Democratic leaders agreed Monday on legislation that requires the first U.S. combat troops to be withdrawn from Iraq by Oct. 1 with a goal of a complete pullout six months later. "No more will Congress turn a blind eye to the Bush administration's incompetence and dishonesty," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said in a speech in which he accused the president of living in a state of denial about events in Iraq more than four years after the U.S.-led invasion. Bush, confident of enough votes to sustain his veto, was unambiguous in...