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...Ending the War.Virtually no Democrat thinks the others are doing enough to stop the war. Edwards said, "It is not enough to debate, give speeches and pass non-binding resolutions." Biden, the author of one of those non-binding resolutions opposing President Bush's troop surge in Iraq, said, "Don't talk about capping, do something." Clinton, Obama and Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd have proposed capping the number of troops in Iraq. Biden now says that the key is passing a law that revokes the authority President Bush has to fight the war, allowing troops in Iraq to only perform...
...Harry carries the rank of "Cornet," equivalent to a 2nd Lieutenant, and will command a troop of 12 men in four Scimitar armored reconnaissance vehicles, each with a crew of three. The Ministry of Defense said that "the decision to deploy him had been a military one, made by the Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Richard Dannatt, in conjunction with Cornet Wales' commanding officer," adding that "the Royal Household has been consulted throughout...
...deployment comes at a difficult time for British forces there. Troop levels are now at some 7,100 down from a peak of 18,000 in May 2003 and the Prime Minister has just announced a further reduction to 5,500 as part of the rotation that will see the Prince deploy to Iraq; but 2006 saw an increase in fatalities over the previous two years, military adventures in other theaters are stretching resources, and politicians back home continue to bicker over the scale and duration of Britain's commitment to the region. Such a high-profile figure could attract...
House debate over what Democrats call an escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq officially began this afternoon. But the nonbinding resolution, expressing Congress's disapproval of President Bush's troop surge, is just the first step in the opposition party's plans to curtail some of the President's latitude to operate in Iraq...
...copied by the other candidates. Edwards may have arrived at his war opposition before most of the contenders, but it won't matter if they all have the similar positions on the war by January 2008 - and all the candidates are already heading toward calling for some measure of troop withdrawal over the next two years...