US Democrats Step Up Pressure for Change of Iraq Policy « Thread Started on Sept 19, 2007, 4:08pm » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------US Democrats Step Up Pressure for Change of Iraq Policy By Dan Robinson Washington17 September 2007read at source> http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-09- ... Democratic congressional leaders made new appeals Monday for minority Republicans to abandon President Bush's military strategy in Iraq. VOA's Dan Robinson reports, one of the president's harshest critics in the House of Representatives shed some more light on his party's legislative approach in coming weeks, as the Senate began consideration of defense legislation and expected Iraq-related amendments. John Murtha, 17 Sep 2007 Pennsylvania Democrat John Murtha used a speech at the National Press Club to deliver an in-depth response to the report delivered to Congress last week by U.S. Iraq commander General David Petraeus.