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Postby admin » Sat Jan 28, 2012 12:40 pm

Iraq legislation rare rebuke of ongoing war« Thread Started on May 2, 2007, 1:00am » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Iraq legislation rare rebuke of ongoing warPOSTED: 9:49 a.m. EDT, May 1, 2007 read at source> http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/01/ ... WASHINGTON (AP) -- Anti-war legislation on the way to President Bush for his promised veto represents a rare rebuke by Congress of a large and ongoing ground conflict, even eclipsing challenges made during the Vietnam War.While a bill ordering troops home from an ongoing military mission is not unprecedented -- legislation aimed at conflicts in Somalia and Haiti are other examples -- the Iraq bill is an unusually swift feat by a Congress forcefully challenging a war involving thousands of U.S. troops."Congress is not shy usually about attempting to create problems for a president when a war becomes unpopular," said Julian Zelizer, a congressional historian and professor at Boston University. "But I think the significance here is that in a big war, they were able to at least get the legislation to the president's desk pretty early from a historical perspective."Congress' role in Iraq policy has dominated Capitol Hill since Democrats regained the majority in January, a change in party control due in large part to voter frustration with the war. The campaign is in its fifth year, with more than 3,300 troops dead and tens of thousands more wounded.
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