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Coleman votes against resolution disapproving Bush's Iraq plan
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| News Date | Thursday, January 25, 2007 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | WASHINGTON - Sen. Norm Coleman, who has argued against a troop buildup in Baghdad, voted Wednesday against a nonbinding resolution that expressed disapproval of President Bush's plan to send more troops to Iraq.
Coleman, a Minnesota Republican whose vote has been in play in recent weeks, was one of nine senators to vote against the resolution in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which approved the resolution 12-9.
That came after the panel rejected, on a 17-4 vote, Coleman's amendment which would have made a distinction between areas rocked by sectarian violence like Baghdad, and places like Anbar province where U.S. forces are fighting insurgents. The amendment signaled disapproval of sending more troops to the former but not the latter.
"The Iraqis don't have a blank check on American blood and treasure," Coleman said prior to the vote on his amendment. "Our patience is wearing thin, certainly with the public and the Congress. But I'm not prepared to have a resolution which says we will disregard the advice of our commanders on the ground, when they say they need something which may even mean an increase in a given area."
The only senators to vote with Coleman on his amendment were Republicans Dick Lugar of Indiana, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and George Voinovich of Ohio.
"Iraq is a mess," Coleman said, but added, "I'm not ready to pull the plug."
Sen. Chuck Hagel, a Nebraska Republican and one of the sponsors of the resolution, took issue with that.
"There is nowhere in our resolution, Sen., that references pulling the plug," he said.
And another sponsor, Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., the panel's chairman, challenged Coleman's contention that progress was being made in Anbar province. |
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