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Senate Votes to Debate Iraq Withdrawal

HeadlineFeb 27, 2008

The Senate has voted to begin debate on a measure that would withdraw troops from Iraq within four months and cut funding for battlefield deployments. The bill is sponsored by Democratic Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin. Feingold drew more Republican support than Democratic, with forty-three senators joining him from across the aisle in favor of the debate. Republicans say they want to use the debate to highlight what they call the achievements of the so-called troop surge in Iraq.

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