European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 stars and stripes wednesday april 25 2007 n the states by Anne Flaherty the associated press Washington president Bush standing firmly against a timetable for withdrawing us troops from Iraq said tuesday that he will veto the latest War spending Bill taking shape in Congress pm disappointed that the democratic leadership has chosen this course Bush said they chose to make a political statement he said that s their right but it is wrong for our troops and if s wrong for our country to accept the Bill proposed by the democratic leadership would be to accept a policy that directly contradicts the judgment of our military commanders House and Senate democratic appropriators agreed monday of a billion Bill that would fund the Iraq War but order troops to begin leaving by oct 1 with the goal of completing the pullout six ing dems timetable months later democrats would need a two thirds majority to Over ride a presidential veto House majority Leader stay Hoyer said democrats will ignore the veto threat in the Hope that Bush will have a change of heart but Hoyer added they dont expect it we will Send this Bill Down to him he will do with it what he will do said Hoyer did if Bush vetoes the measure democrats will consider their next step and try to bring republicans on Board my intuition tells me Mere Are an awful lot of members of the presidents party who have great concerns about simply staying the course Hoyer said Bush said us troops should not be caught in the Middle of a showdown Between the White House and Congress yesterday democratic Lead ers announced that they planned to Send me a Bill that will fund our troops Only if we agree to handcuff our generals add Bil Lions of Dol Lars of unrelated spend ing and begin to pull out of Iraq by an arbitrary Date Bush said on the South Lawn he said the Boffl would Man Date the withdrawal of us troops beginning As Early As july 1 and no later than oct 1 despite the fact that Gea David Petraeus has not yet received All the reinforce ments he has said he needs in the latest military buildup to help secure Baghdad and the troubled Anbar province Petraeus is the Iraq War commander democrats have argued that the election that left democrats in control of Congress was a refer Bush Wendum for a change of strategy in Iraq Bush used the same election results to argue his Point the american people did not vote for he said that is precisely what the democratic leaderships Bill would guarantee if s not too late for Congress to do the right thing Petraeus will try to persuade lawmakers in a private briefing this week to Pur sue a difference course As part of the presidents push Secretary of state condole Ezza Rice was expected to raise the Issue tuesday with key senators including members of the Senate finance committee the topic also Likely will be discussed at a policy lunch that vice president Dick Cheney is having on Capitol Hill As outlined by democratic officials the measure would with hold about million in foreign Aid from the iraqis if the govern ment does not meet those Stan Dards doctors Cheney blood cot slowly shrinking Washington the blood clot in vice president Dick Cheney left leg is slowly getting smaller according to doctors who checked his leg tuesday and gave him an upbeat report a spokeswoman said Cheney was taken to is Doc tors office for an ultrasound of the clot then returned to the White House to resume his nor Mal schedule said Megan Mcginn a spokeswoman for the vice president the ultrasound was reassuring and showed that the clot is gradually resolving she said his blood thinning medication was found to be in the desired Range the vice presidents Doc tors advised him to continue the current course of treatment Cameron Akbari a vascular surgeon at the Washington Hospi Tal Center who was not directly involved in Cheney Case said that any time a clot does not get 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