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Baghdad weapons stockpiles Are being seized extremists Are being Cap tured and displaced families Are returning Home he said when a family decides to Stop depending on militias to protect them or a Young Man rejects insurgency and joins the iraqi army it Doest usually make the evening news Bush said Senate majority Leader Harry Reid Nev says the War in Iraq is lost5 and can be won Only through political and eco nomic diplomatic Means he said the surge is not accomplishing anything republicans have pounced on Reid for his comments accusing him of turning his Back on the troops and hurting military morale in Iraq sen Carl Levin a Michigan Democrat who chairs the armed services committee de fended Reid on Friday Levin said he agreed the Mili tary fight in Iraq cannot be won and that Bush strategy lacks the necessary leverage to Force iraqi politicians to reach a Settle ment sen Amy Klobuchar Minn said the United states needs to Send a Clear message to the iraqi government that Ameri can troops wont stay there indefinitely Klobuchar who visited Bagh dad and fal Lujah last month said the Best thing America can do for its troops is to get its Iraq policy right pushing Back against democrats Bush said that not All the troops that he ordered in Janu Ary in a military buildup have arrived ifs too Early to assume defeat he said Man seeks retrial in terrorism related Case the attorney for a Pakistan american convicted last year on terrorism relat de charges wants a new trial for his client saying the jury fore Man was biased against him Hamid Hay ats sentencing for providing support to terrorists has been postponed while the re quest is considered we really have a question if we had 12 fair jurors defense at Torney Dennis Riordan said Fri Day during a hearing in us District court we know that one of them was not fair Foreman Joseph Cote denied allegations contained in a sworn statement by another juror that he made a gesture similar to tight ening a noose or uttered hang him 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