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Dems Willing to Deal on Troop Pullout

They're easing off deadline after some surge progress

By Peter Fearon, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 6, 2007 3:20 AM CDT

(Newser) – Senate Democrats are signaling they are willing to compromise with Republicans on a timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq. The Democrats, who pushed before the summer recess for a pullout deadline next spring, have been undercut by some progress in Iraq and the success of... Read full story »

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