US Democrats Continue Push for Iraq Troop Withdraw« Thread Started on Jul 21, 2007, 8:49pm » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------US Democrats Continue Push for Iraq Troop Withdrawal By VOA News 21 July 2007read at source> http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-07-21-voa33.cfmIn Washington, a prominent Democratic lawmaker, the head of the U.S. Senate's Armed Services Committee, is renewing his party's push for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq. Sen. Carl Levin, (l), accompanied by Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., discusses legislation to change the course of the war in Iraq during a news conference on Capitol Hill, 10 July 2007 Senator Carl Levin, a sponsor of a troop-withdrawal bill now awaiting a vote by the full Senate, says the United States will not be able to end violence in Iraq by military force alone. The senator from the midwestern state of Michigan contends that only a political settlement by Iraqi leaders can bring the continuing strife to an end.