WASHINGTON, March 22 (Reuters) - A Democratic plan requiring President George W. Bush to start pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq within four months advanced on Thursday, winning approval by a Senate committee.

The Senate Appropriations Committee passed a $121.6 billion bill to continue funding the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, while setting March 31, 2008, as a goal for withdrawing most U.S. combat forces. A similar withdrawal proposal, however, failed to clear the full Senate last week.

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