Dem Leaders Nix Iran Provision To Focus On Iraq Withdrawal Bill

Associated Press   |  DAVID ESPO and MATTHEW LEE   |   March 12, 2007 09:50 PM

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Top House Democrats retreated Monday from an attempt to limit
President Bush's authority for taking military action against
Iran as the leadership concentrated on a looming confrontation with the White House over the
Iraq war.

Officials said Speaker Nancy Pelosi (news, bio, voting record) and other members of the leadership had decided to strip from a major military spending bill a requirement for Bush to gain approval from Congress before moving against Iran.

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