Congressman Calling for Troops to Pull Out of Iraq

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"By February, we'll have two different legislative bodies elected in Iraq," he said. "If we don't know if they're capable of embracing democracy by then, we'll never know."

"It's amazing to me that we've reached the same conclusion," [Michael Capuano] said of [Melvin Laird]'s call for withdrawal.

Laird and Capuano's calls are part of a growing chorus of public policy experts and peace activists calling for U.S. withdrawal. Unlike Laird, Capuano has opposed the war from day one. While the [Bush] administration has cast the war as part of its war on terrorism, Capuano notes that the pre-invasion Iraqi government played no role in any terrorist actions against the United States.

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Congressman Calling for Troops to Pull Out of Iraq

With a majority of U.S. and Iraqi citizens in favor of a withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, President Bush has yet to declare a date for withdrawal.

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