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Friday, June 24, 2005

Like such a plan exists, Donald.

During a sometimes contentious hearing yesterday before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warned that it would be a mistake to set deadlines for pulling U.S.-led coalition forces out of Iraq. He said that such a timetable would 'throw a lifeline to terrorists who in recent months have suffered significant losses and casualties, been denied havens and suffered weakened popular support.' With the deaths of more than 1,700 U.S. troops in Iraq, public support for the war has been falling in recent surveys- a poll released Monday found that nearly six in 10 Americans oppose the war in Iraq. Rumsfeld's comments, of course, imply a timeline exists. Which I for one don't believe.

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