Second Republican opposes Bush Iraq plan:"A group of senators including a Republican war critic announced agreement Wednesday on a resolution opposing President Bush's 21,500 troop build up in Iraq, setting their marker for a major clash between the White House and Congress over the unpopular war.Photo Credit: Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., center, flanked by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., left, and Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2007 to discuss Iraq. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
The non-binding resolution, which was also gaining interest from a second Republican senator, would symbolically put the Senate on record as saying the U.S. commitment in Iraq "can only be sustained" with popular support among the American public and in Congress...."
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