GOP Sen. Snowe sponsoring Iraq withdrawal bill (that makes 3)

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http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-warvote20apr20,1,131262.story?coll=la-headlines-politics&ctrack=1&cset=true

GOP Sen. Snowe sponsoring Iraq withdrawal bill
The Maine moderate is the third Senate Republican to take such a stance in the face of pressure from Bush.
By Noam N. Levey and James Gerstenzang, Times Staff Writers
April 20, 2007

WASHINGTON — In another sign of Republican unease with the president's Iraq policies, a third GOP senator expressed support Thursday for pulling U.S. forces out of Iraq under certain conditions.

Sen. Olympia J. Snowe announced she would sponsor a bill to require American commanders to plan a withdrawal within 120 days of the bill's enactment, unless the Iraqi government meets a series of benchmarks.

"The Iraq government needs to understand that our commitment is not infinite," said Snowe, a moderate from Maine who frequently departs from the party line.

President Bush has insisted that Congress not impose any limits on his conduct of the four-year-old war. But Snowe has taken issue with that view.

"It is our business as well," she said Thursday.

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