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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2006
IRAQ WAR
Bush faces criticism about war effort from both Democrats, Republicans
BY BEN FELLER ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders displayed eroding patience in the Iraq government on Sunday, putting pressure on President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-
Malki to find a faster path to peace when they meet this week.
"It is not too late. The United States can still extricate itself honorably from an impending disaster in Iraq," Sen. Chuck Hagel (R.-Neb.), a potential presidential contender in 2012, said in urging for a planned
Hagel wrote in Sunday's Washington Post, "If the president fails to build a bipartisan foundation for an exit strategy, America will pay a high price for this blunder — one that we will have difficulty recovering from in the years ahead."
in the U.S.-supported Iraqi government. It was the deadliest week of sectarian fighting in Baghdad since the war began in March 2003.
"I think what weve got to do is go around the Maliki government in certain situations," said Sen. Sam Brownback (R.-Kan.), another possible presidential candidate. "Let's work with other groups, and let's get regional buy-in into this."
As the U.S. involvement in Iraq surpassed the length of America's participation in World War II, lawmakers have dwindling confidence
Europe, plans to meet with al-Maliki on Wednesday and Thursday in Jordan. The host of the meeting, Jordan's King Abdullah, said Sunday the problems in the Middle East go beyond the war in Iraq. He said much of the region soon could become engulfed in violence unless the central issues are addressed quickly. As for Bush, some of the toughest criticism is coming from within his own party.
Bush, after a NATO summit in
"We have misunderstood, misread, misplanned and mismanaged our honorable intentions in Iraq with an arrogant self-delusion reminiscent of Vietnam," said Hagel, a combat veteran of that war.
Sen. Richard Durbin (D.-Ill.), the No. 2 Senate Democrat, said Democrats do not have a quick answer and any solution must be bipartisan.
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