Bush team grilled by hostile Democrats over Iraq plan

[rodeodance]

hostile???


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070111/ts_nm/iraq_dc

Bush team grilled by hostile Democrats over Iraq plan

By Sue Pleming and Arshad Mohammed
50 minutes ago



WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats and some moderate Republicans on Thursday hammered President George W. Bush's plan to send more U.S. troops to Iraq, leaving the White House increasingly isolated in its decision to deepen American involvement in the unpopular war.



Bush and his top military and diplomatic team struggled to convince a hostile Democratic-led Congress and a skeptical public that sending 21,500 extra troops to help the beleaguered Iraqi government regain control of Baghdad would work.

"It's important for our citizens to understand that as tempting as it might be, to understand the consequences of leaving before the job is done," Bush told army personnel and their families in Fort Benning, Georgia, a day after unveiling his revised Iraq strategy.

Facing a grilling by lawmakers on Capitol Hill, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice insisted that Bush's plan would put more pressure on Iraqis to take over their own security, vital to any eventual U.S. military pullback.

[MidwestTransplant]

1. When did Chuck Hagel change parties? He seemed rather hostile too.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

3. December 7th, 2006. n/t

[superconnected]

2. my what a biased article title

[Solly Mack]

4. Hostile, huh?

Oh no, that won't shape anyone's perception...

[underpants]

5. Eh that's okay the American people are hostile about this too