Jan. 11, 2007 - Sen. Joe Lieberman, the only Democrat to endorse President Bush’s new plan for Iraq, has quietly backed away from his pre-election demands that the White House turn over potentially embarrassing documents relating to its handling of the Hurricane Katrina disaster in New Orleans.
No sooner did President Bush finish his speech Wednesday night than Lieberman put out a statement applauding Bush for his “courageous course”—a notable comment, given the lukewarm response the president’s speech received from many leading Republicans.
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Nice going, Connecticut! You got your senator!
One day after proposing to increase U.S. forces by 21,500, mostly to help secure Baghdad, Bush appealed for patience.
"The new strategy is not going to yield immediate results. it's going to take a while," Bush said at Fort Benning, an Army base in Georgia from which about 4,000 more soldiers will soon deploy to Iraq.
Meanwhile, senators including Democrat John Kerry and Republican Chuck Hagel, grilled Secretary Rice on the failing Iraq policy. Hagel called Iraq "the worst blunder since Vietnam."
