President Bush is unwavering in his support for the Iraq War. Democrats have made multiple attempts to negotiate withdrawal of troops from Iraq. The most recent was a closed-door meeting today between Senate Democrats and top aides to President Bush. The deal was that Democrats would agree to remove billions of dollars in domestic spending from a war spending bill initially opposed by President Bush if he would accept a deadline to withdrawal combat forces from Iraq. Democrats also agreed to let President Bush waive compliance with that set deadline for troop withdrawals. The White rejected the offer saying that accepting a deadline sends the wrong signals and demoralizes troops, and even the people he in the US.
The White CoS pointed to negotiation efforts made by Republicans that received 52 votes in the Senate. This bill would have set standards for the new government in Iraq to meet as a condition for receiving funds. However the CoS failed to mentioned that Bush could easily override the proposal by demanding funds to be sent to Baghdad indifferent to the performance of the government in Iraq. So, really it wasn’t much of a concession on the part of Republicans.
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