Senate Leaders Urge Bush to Sign Bill That Funds Troops and Changes Mission in Iraq

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WASHINGTON, April 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Senate leaders in New
York today urged President Bush to sign the emergency spending bill the
Senate passed yesterday and will send to the White House early next week.
Senators Harry Reid, Dick Durbin, Chuck Schumer, Patty Murray and Byron
Dorgan discussed the recently passed legislation, which fully provides for
our troops and lays out a strategy to change the mission in Iraq from
policing a civil war to one that focuses on counter-terrorism.

"After more than four years of a failed policy, it's time for Iraq to
take responsibility for its future," Reid said. "We are asking the
President to carefully read this bill. He will see it fully provides for
our troops and gives them a strategy worthy of their sacrifices. Failing to
sign this bill would deny our troops the resources and strategy they need.
The President has a choice. Heed the call of the American people, a
bipartisan majority of Congress and military experts to change course or
keep our troops committed to an open-ended civil war."

Said Durbin: "The face of this war can be found in the stories of
thousands of soldiers who've returned home, haunted from war. The face of
this war can be found in the grief of the families in the 3,335 homes
across America where a folded American flag and fading photographs are
daily reminders of a fallen soldier. Yesterday we passed a bill that gives
the President a chance to finally change the course of this war and bring
our brave fighting men and women home. I hope the President honors these
soldiers and their families by brining this war to an end."

"Forcing our troops to referee a civil war is not getting us anywhere.
It's making things worse," Schumer said. "We want to change the mission
away from policing a civil war, which no one bargained for, and toward
counter- terrorism. This bill is proof positive that we can both support
the troops and change the mission in Iraq. That's what the American people
want, and I hope that the President hears the message loud and clear,
reconsiders this historic bill and signs it."

Said Murray: "Now it's the President's choice to either stand with the
American people or continue to go it alone and force our troops, injured
service members and hard-hit communities to pay the price. With one
signature, President Bush can show he's finally heard the universal call
for a new direction in Iraq."

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[bdamomma]

1. does anyone think that this sick SOB will sign.

whatever happens that withdrawal date must stand. or will we be there for 50 years, and how many more will die, this is being done in our name everyday.