Senate OKs Iraq Troop Withdrawal Bill

AP ANNE FLAHERTY March 29, 2007 08:49 AM

The Democratic-controlled Senate ignored a veto threat and voted Thursday for a bill requiringPresident Bush to start withdrawing combat troops fromIraq within four months, dealing a sharp rebuke to a wartime commander in chief.

In a mostly party line 51-47 vote, the Senate signed off on a bill providing $122 billion to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It also orders Bush to begin withdrawing troops within 120 days of passage while setting a nonbinding goal of ending combat operations by March 31, 2008.

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