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11/19/05

Yahoo News: Republicans play PR games in Congress and vote no on their own resolution for US to pull out of Iraq

Yahoo! News

Republicans play PR games and vote no on their own resolution for US to pull out of Iraq

In a maneuver designed to discredit Iraq war critics, the Republican-led House of Representatives overwhelmingly defeated their own resolution on Friday to pull U.S. troops immediately from Iraq. Republicans, who introduced the surprise resolution hours before lawmakers were to start a Thanksgiving holiday recess, said the vote was intended to show backing for U.S. forces. Democrats denounced it as a political stunt and an attack on Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a leading Democratic military hawk who stunned his colleagues on Thursday by calling for troops to be withdrawn as quickly as possible out of Iraq.

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