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Senate Passes Troop Pullout Bill

Move sets stage for second veto of Bush's presidency

By J. Kelman,  Newser User

Posted Apr 26, 2007 2:09 PM CDT

(Newser) – The Senate approved the Iraq funding bill 51-46 early this afternoon, conferring its expected stamp of approval on an October troop pullout. But the vote fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to avoid a promised veto. Democrats are already ruminating on post-veto counter-proposals, including replacing the rigid timetable with benchmarks.

Bush has repeatedly goaded Dems to leave military decisions up to the generals. But Gen. David Petraeus, who said yesterday that he needed more time to gage the success of the surge in Iraq, offered a more equivocal message at a Pentagon briefing this morning, calling the situation in Iraq “exceedingly complex and very tough.”

Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, gestures during a news conference at the Pentagon, Thursday, April 26, 2007. (AP Photo/Heesoon Yim)
Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, gestures during a news conference at the Pentagon, Thursday, April 26, 2007. (AP Photo/Heesoon Yim)   (Associated Press)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., right, talks to the press about the war in Iraq with Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, April 24, 2007. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., right, talks to the press about the war in Iraq with Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, April 24, 2007. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)   (Associated Press)
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