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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2007
5A
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CHANTZTHOMAS
Hometown: Lindsborg
Major: Pre-Medicine, Biology and History
I would like to become a member of the Student Senate.
because I believe that it would be a great opportunity to take a larger contributing role at KU. If elected to a Senate seat.
Thomas
I would like to focus on continuing the University's reputation for excellence in academics and research opportunities.
CHRIS WEBER
Hometown: Princeton
Hometown: Princeton
Major: Pre-Law and Political Science
From experiences in forensics, debate, and other organi-
developed a strong interest in public service. Student Senate will be a stepping stone that will give me
will give me
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the opportunity to be able to have a say and make a difference for the student body. Issues I would like to pursue in the senate: Change machines in dorms for laundry machines, wireless capabilities on campus.
JENTRY WHEATON
Hometown: Dodge City Major: Pre-Nursing
I really want to be a part of student senate because I think
it would be a great way to get involved in campus activities and as a freshman representative, I am in the same place
as all the other
Wheaton
freshman on campus, so I will be able to relate to them since I am learning too.
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》 IRAW WAR
Bush's troop cuts likely to be only symbolic
BY MATTHEW LEE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — President Bush's senior advisers on Iraq have recommended he stand by his current war strategy, and he is unlikely to order more than a symbolic cut in troops before the end of the year, administration officials told The Associated Press Tuesday.
President Bush, center, walks with Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice after he made a statement to reporters at Al-Asad Airbase in Anbar province, Iraq, Monday. The president made an unannounced visit to Iraq to meet with Gen. David Petraeus, commanding general of the multinational forces in Iraq, U.S. Ambassador to Iran Ryan Crocker, Iraqi leaders, and U.S. troops.
The recommendations from the military commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, and U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker come despite independent government findings Tuesday that Baghdad had not met most of the political, military and economic markers set by Congress.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bush appears set on maintaining the central elements of the policy he announced in January, one senior administration official said after discussions with participants in Bush's briefings during his surprise visit to an air base in Iraq on Monday.
keeping troops in the region through spring, it is unclear whether rank-and-file party members who face tough elections next year will be willing to follow their lead.
Although the addition of 30,000 troops and the focus on increasing security in Baghdad would not be permanent, Bush is inclined to give it more time in hopes of extending military gains in Baghdad and the former restive Anbar province, officials said. They spoke on condition of anonymity to describe decisions coming as part of the White House report on Iraq due to Congress next week.
The plan they described is fraught with political risk. While Republican leaders on Tuesday suggested the GOP may be willing to support
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell told reporters he would like to ensure a long-term U.S. presence in the Middle East to fight al-Qaida and deter aggression from Iran.
"And I hope that this reaction to Iraq and the highly politicized nature of dealing with Iraq this year doesn't end up in a situation where we just bring all the troops back home and thereby expose us, once again, to the kind of attacks we've had here in the homeland or on American facilities," said McConnell, R-Ky.
With Monday's back-to-back review sessions in Iraq, Bush has now heard from all the military chiefs, diplomats and other advisers he planned to consult before making a widely anticipated report to Congress by Sept. 15. Petraeus and Crocker are to testify before Congress on their recommendations next week.
The United States would be hard-pressed to maintain the current level of 160,000 troops in Iraq indefinitely, but Bush is not expected to order more than a slight cut before the end of the year, officials said.
Bush himself suggested that modest troop cuts may be possible if military successes continue, but he gave no timeline or specific numbers. Options beyond a symbolic cut this year include cutting the tour
of duty for troops in Iraq from 15 months back to the traditional 12 months, one official said. If adopted, that change would not come before the spring.
A Pentagon official said Petraeus had not specifically recommended trimming tours by three months. Bush's troop increase will end by default in April or May, when one of the added brigades is slated to leave, unless Bush makes other changes to hold the number steady.
returning from a weekend trip to Iraq, said Tuesday a small round of troop withdrawals might be the ticket to forcing political progress in Iraq. The position was a new one for the senator, who faces a tough
election next year.
"I think the unmistakable message has to be sent to the Shiite leadership that there is no blank check for Iraq." Coleman told reporters on a conference call.
from the White House, the GAO determined that four benchmarks
— instead of two — had been partially met.
But the GAO stuck with its original content that only three goals out of
"I think the unmistakable message has to be sent to the Shiite leadership that there is no blank check for Iraq."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Republican support could hinge on Petraeus' testimony next week. If he can convince lawmakers that the security gains won in recent months are substantial and point toward a bigger trend, GOP members might be more likely to hold out until next spring. They also might be more easily persuaded if Bush promises some small troop drawdowns by the end of the year, as was suggested to the White House by Sen. John Warner of Virginia, an influential Republican on security matters.
Also Tuesday, the Government Accountability Office, Congress' investigative and auditing arm, reported that Iraq had failed to meet 11 of its 18 political and security goals.
SEN. NORM COLEMANN
R-Minn.
President Bush, center, accompanied by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, pauses while making a statement to reporters as look on at Al-Asad Airbase in Anbar province, Iraq, Monday.
The study was slightly more upbeat than initially planned. After receiving substantial resistance
the 18 had been fully achieved. The goals met include establishing joint security stations in Baghdad, ensuring minority rights in the Iraqi legislature and creating support committees for the
Baghdad security plan.
U. S. Comptroller David Walker said the GAO did not soften its report due to pressure from the administration and reached its conclusions on its own. Walker said Congress should ask itself what it wanted to achieve in Iraq and could do so realistically.
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