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September Looms as Iraq Watershed

Legislative, military timetables converge with fiscal year

By Sam Gale Rosen, Newser Staff

Posted May 8, 2007 8:18 AM CDT

(Newser) – September is likely to be put-up-or-shut-up time for supporters of the Iraq war, legislators from both parties tell the Washington Post. Gen. David Petraeus has said he will have a sense of whether the surge is working by then, and lawmakers want a clearer picture... Read full story »

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