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Friday, January 12, 2007

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Soldiers Banned From Talking To Press After Lunch With Bush...
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New York Times THOM SHANKER and DAVID S. CLOUD January 11, 2007 10:16 PM

President Bush's call to increase the American military commitment in Iraq ran into intense Congressional opposition Thursday from Democrats and from moderate Republicans who expressed profound skepticism.

A day after the president set out a new strategy for bringing stability to Iraq, the White House found few allies on either side of the aisle when Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The reception she received suggested that Mr. Bush's prime-time address to the nation on Wednesday had done little to build political support for sending additional troops to Baghdad.

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