Richard Tafoya
Jul 10th, 2007, 08:59 PM
US News and World Report:
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/bulletin/bulletin_070710.htm
The Los Angeles Times (http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-warvote10jul10,1,1944606.story?coll=la-news-a_section) also says "the White House brushed off calls from a growing chorus of Republican lawmakers to change course in the conflict," while McClatchy (http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/17732.html) runs a similar report under the headline "Bush Stays Course, Rebuffs Demand For Change."
Yet ABC World News said White House officials "are extremely worried." White House spokesman Tony Snow "will not say that on camera," but one White House official told ABC, "We are in panic mode." The CBS Evening News reported, "Senior Pentagon officials tell CBS News a debate is under way to determine what conditions must exist short of victory to begin pulling troops out of Iraq. The White House publicly denies this, but clearly political support is weakening inside the Administration."
In fact, the Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/09/AR2007070902031.html) reports on the front page this morning that the President "has rejected calls to change course but will launch a campaign emphasizing his intent to draw down US forces next year and move toward a more limited mission if security conditions improve," according to "senior officials." Similarly, NBC Nightly News reported, "There are signs and signals and indications that a turning point may be nearing on US involvement in the Iraq war," but the White House "is denying anything's been accelerated."
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All Benchmarks Missed The Washington Times (http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070710/FOREIGN/107100071/1001) says a progress report on Iraq to be delivered to Congress this week will conclude that the Iraqi government "has not met any of its targets for political, economic and other reforms, speeding up the Bush administration's reckoning on what to do next," a US official said Monday. As a result, the "pivot point" for addressing the Administration's Iraq policy "will no longer be Sept. 15... but instead will come this week."
Iraq, Afghan Wars Cost $12 Billion Month The AP (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-us-iraq-costs,1,6862187.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed) reports, "The boost in troop levels in Iraq has increased the cost of war there and in Afghanistan to $12 billion a month, and the total for Iraq alone is nearing a half-trillion dollars, congressional analysts say. All told, Congress has appropriated $610 billion in war-related money since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror assaults, roughly the same as the war in Vietnam. Iraq alone has cost $450 billion."
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/bulletin/bulletin_070710.htm
The Los Angeles Times (http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-warvote10jul10,1,1944606.story?coll=la-news-a_section) also says "the White House brushed off calls from a growing chorus of Republican lawmakers to change course in the conflict," while McClatchy (http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/17732.html) runs a similar report under the headline "Bush Stays Course, Rebuffs Demand For Change."
Yet ABC World News said White House officials "are extremely worried." White House spokesman Tony Snow "will not say that on camera," but one White House official told ABC, "We are in panic mode." The CBS Evening News reported, "Senior Pentagon officials tell CBS News a debate is under way to determine what conditions must exist short of victory to begin pulling troops out of Iraq. The White House publicly denies this, but clearly political support is weakening inside the Administration."
In fact, the Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/09/AR2007070902031.html) reports on the front page this morning that the President "has rejected calls to change course but will launch a campaign emphasizing his intent to draw down US forces next year and move toward a more limited mission if security conditions improve," according to "senior officials." Similarly, NBC Nightly News reported, "There are signs and signals and indications that a turning point may be nearing on US involvement in the Iraq war," but the White House "is denying anything's been accelerated."
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All Benchmarks Missed The Washington Times (http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070710/FOREIGN/107100071/1001) says a progress report on Iraq to be delivered to Congress this week will conclude that the Iraqi government "has not met any of its targets for political, economic and other reforms, speeding up the Bush administration's reckoning on what to do next," a US official said Monday. As a result, the "pivot point" for addressing the Administration's Iraq policy "will no longer be Sept. 15... but instead will come this week."
Iraq, Afghan Wars Cost $12 Billion Month The AP (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-us-iraq-costs,1,6862187.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed) reports, "The boost in troop levels in Iraq has increased the cost of war there and in Afghanistan to $12 billion a month, and the total for Iraq alone is nearing a half-trillion dollars, congressional analysts say. All told, Congress has appropriated $610 billion in war-related money since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror assaults, roughly the same as the war in Vietnam. Iraq alone has cost $450 billion."