European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May stars and stripes Mideast edition in the states Page 9 dems give in to Bush lawmakers withdrawal by Sheilagh Murray the Washington Post Washington democrats tuesday gave up their demand for troop withdrawal deadlines in an Iraq War spending abandoning their top goal of bringing troops Home and handing president Bush a Victory in a debate that has roiled con Gress for who vetoed one spending Bill with a troop had threatened to do the same with the next version if it included such a democratic leaders had pressed ahead any under heavy pressure from liberals who believe that the party won control of Congress in november on the strength of anti War in the democrats said they did not have enough votes to override a presidential veto and could not delay troop the spending expected to total billion when the final version is released wednes would require Bush to sur Render virtually none of his War democrats were work ing to secure two other priorities that the president had previously an increase in the mini mum wage and funding for Domestic including Veter abandon plans to include dates in Iraq War funding ans katrina Relief and agricultural instead of sticking with troop withdrawal democrats accepted a gop plan to establish 18 political and legislative benchmarks for the iraqi with periodic reports from Bush on its starting in late if the iraqis fall Bush Mev could forfeit reconstruction House speaker Nancy was so disappointed with the outcome that she said she might vote against the Iraq portion of the which will be split into two parts when it comes before the in not Likely to vote for some thing that Doest have a Tim Eta Pelosi Pelosi and Senate majority Leader Harry worked to Hammer out a final agreement through tuesday consulting regularly with gop leaders and the White the package is expected to come before the House and the Senate on and to be sent Bush no later than be fore members of Congress leave for a we Klong memorial Day re Reid called the Benchmark language extremely but he noted that Bush had initially demanded a Bill with no strings at Pelosi cached on for heavens look where weve Reid its a lot More than the president Ever expected hed have to agree As our leadership from the president on Down to the leaders of Congress have said were not there said John who crafted the Benchmark proposal with a group of moderate republicans and were there to help you so Long As As a Sovereign pull your own weight and do your responsible for students who want More Register now at Smuc choose from hundreds of undergraduate or graduate classes in onsite or online formats at Over 70 locations in Europe and the Middle classes begin 4 Contact us Dan Civ or visit your local Umu Europe Field University of Maryland University College Europe Charles president Bush poses with coast guard Ensign Stephen Matthew a member of the 2007 graduating second from and his retired Navy master chief Ken during graduation at the coast guard Academy in new Intel bin Laden had recruited Alz Aqrawi to plan attacks in by Deb Riechmann the associated press new presi Dent stressing that Ameri cans face an ongoing threat from shared intelligence on wednesday asserting that Osama bin Laden was working in 2005 to set up a unit inside Iraq to hit much of the information Bush cited in a commencement address at the coast guard Academy described terrorism plots already but he fleshed out details and highlighted successes in foiling planned attacks since the in the minds of Al Aida Lead 911 was just a Dow payment on violence yet to Bush said on a sunny Day at the coast guard Academy com held at a stadium along the thames it is tempting to believe that the Calm Here at Home after 911 Means that the danger to our country has the danger has not Here in we Are living in the Eye of a he de pitting the struggle in Iraq As a Battle Between the United states and Bush said that intelligence showed that in january bin Laden tasked Abu Musab Alzar his senior operative in to set up the cell to use Iraq As a staging ground for attacks in the United Alz Aqrawi was killed in Iraq in june 2006 by a this information expanded on a classified bulletin the Home land Security department issued in March the which warned that bin Laden had enlisted Alz Aqrawi to plan Poten tial strikes in the United was described at the time As Credi ble but not it did not prompt the administration to raise its National terror Alert Bush said that another suspected Al Aida Ali Saul was trained in Afghani Stan and dispatched to the United states before the 2001 terrorist republicans toughening immigration legislation Washington republicans worked to toughen a bipartisan immigration Bill wednesday As the Senate continued a free Wheeling debate on a Bill that would give millions of Immi Grants Quick Legal democrats planned an attempt to slash the number of foreign workers who could come to the on temporary visas under the measures new guest worker the Senate began debate on a proposal by Charles grass to allow visas to be revoked without court former Liaison Mcnulty was not fully candid Washington the Justice departments f9rmer White House Liaison denied wednesday that she played a major role in the firings of attorneys last year and blamed Deputy attorney Gen eral Paul Mcnulty for misleading Congress about the Mcnulty on was incomplete or inaccurate in a number of Monica Goodling told a packed House judiciary committee inquiry into the she added i believe the Deputy was not fully Corzine says charred Range should be closed Trenton the National guard Range where a dropped military flare is believed to have started a wildfire should be shut Jon Corzine said the fire charred More than acres Over six Days before being declared fully contained authorities think it started when a National guard f16 fighter on a training run Over the Warren Grove gunnery Range dropped 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