Levin: Senate won't withhold Iraq funds [View All]

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Source: Associated Press

34 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - The Senate will not stop paying for the Iraq war
nor relent from insisting that President Bush keep pressing the
Baghdad government for a negotiated end to the violence, a
Democratic leader said Sunday.

Michigan Sen. Carl Levin, the Senate Armed Service Committee
chairman, took issue with an effort by Majority Leader Harry
Reid to cut off money for the war next year as a way to end
U.S. involvement.

"We're not going to vote to cut funding, period," Levin said.
"But what we should do, and we're going to do, is continue to
press this president to put some pressure on the Iraqi leaders
to reach a political settlement."

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"We're going to fund the troops. We always have," Levin said.
He added, "We're very strong in supporting the troops, but we're
also strong on putting pressure on the Iraqi leaders to live up
to their own commitments without that political settlement on
their part, there is no military solution."

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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070408/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq

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Alternate AP Headline: Levin: Senate Will Keep Paying for War