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Republican senator: Bush should begin Iraq withdrawal
23 Aug 2007 19:37:29 GMT
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Aug 23 (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush should announce on Sept. 15 an initial pullout of U.S. troops from Iraq to spur the Iraqi government to take steps toward political reconciliation, an influential Republican senator said on Thursday.

Virginia Sen. John Warner said Bush should "announce on the 15th that in consultation with our senior military commanders he has decided to initiate the the first step in a withdrawal of our forces."
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Constantin Rodrigues, a 38-year-old Indian contractor, rests in his bed after several operations and having his leg amputated in the 28th Combat Support hospital in the Green Zone in Baghdad in this August 18, 2007 file photo. Constantin was seriously wounded by a mortar round at the pizza shop where he worked as a contractor at a U.S military base in Baghdad. For poor countries, allowing their citizens to work in Iraq has been controversial and often politically sensitive. To match feature IRAQ-PIZZA/



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