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of Pennsylvania, a leading Democratic military hawk who stunned his colleagues on Thursday by calling for troops to be withdrawn as quickly as possible out of Iraq.
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