House Readies Another Iraq War Vote

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Source: Associated Press

House Readies Another Iraq War Vote
2007-11-08 11:38:58
By ANNE FLAHERTY Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House will vote as early as Friday on legislation that would spend $50 billion on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan but require that President Bush start bringing troops home.

The money is about a quarter of the $196 billion requested by Bush. It would finance about four months of combat in Iraq, Pelosi told reporters on Thursday. "This is not a blank check for the president," she said at a Capitol Hill news conference. "This is providing funding for the troops limited to a particular purpose, for a short time frame," she added.

The bill would require that troop withdrawals begin immediately, with the goal of ending combat by December 2008. It would allow an unspecified number of troops to remain behind to conduct counterterrorism missions, train Iraqi security forces and protect U.S. assets.

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Pelosi said the bill also would require that the government rely on an Army field manual when conducting interrogations.The field manual makes no mention of waterboarding, a harsh technique that simulates drowning and is believed to have been used by the CIA.

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