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ALBANY - The second-highest ranking Republican in New York State government, Joseph Bruno, yesterday called on President Bush to pull the troops out of Iraq, warning that the American military is incapable of putting an end to the violence wracking the country. The Senate majority leader's comments against the war stunned and pleased anti-war activists, while Albany observers suspected that Mr. Bruno, a Republican in a predominantly Democratic state, was trying to erect a wall between Mr. Bush and the slender Republican majority in the state Senate before the November elections. Mr. Bruno, who is a veteran of the Korean...