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US democrats senates are trying to hold  votes next week to change
the course of Iraq war as they are not satisfied with Bush plan to
pull  back US troops from Iraq.

President Bush repeatedly calledl to U.S. lawmakers made in
his address to the nation a day before to US congress embrace's  the recommendations
on the  Iraq of  General David Petraeus, and Ambassador
RyanCrocker.

"I call upon the United States Congress to listen very carefully to
what General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker reported, and support the
troop levels that these two men think are necessary to achieve our
objective," said Mr. Bush.

US congress is assured that 30,000 additional troops deployed in the
country earlier this year to come home by next July. That would leave
130,000 troops in Iraq. US congress and Americans don't seem to be
totally satisfied with this announcement of the General and the
Ambassador

Republican senate are praising the decision. Among the first to do
so was Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, he spoke on
the Senate floor shortly after General Petreaus delivered his report to
Congress earlier in the week: 

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada also spoke shortly after Petraeus' testimony.

"His plan is merely more of the same: to keep at least 130,000
troops,American troops, in the midst of an intractable civil war,"
said senator Reid. "This is unacceptable to me, it is unacceptable to
the American people."

Democratic leaders say they will continue to press for a change
of course in the war, which public opinion polls show continues to
be unpopular among the American people.

But Senate Democrats, with their narrow majority in the
chamber,acknowledge there is not enough support in the Senate for
passage of a timetable for a U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq.

They need the support of 60 senators to overcome any Republican attempts to block anti-war legislation.

Democratic leaders are focusing on more modest measures that would
attract the support of Republican moderates, many of whom are facing
tough reelection bids next year because of the unpopularity of the war.

One such measure, sponsored by Senator Susan Collins, a Maine
Republican, and Senator Ben Nelson, a Nebraska Democrat, would limit the
mission of U.S. troops to training Iraqi forces, fighting terrorism and
securing Iraq's borders.

Another measure, introduced by Senator Jim Webb, a Virginia
Democrat,would ensure troops returning from Iraq are allowed to stay at
their home bases at least the same amount of time of their last
deployment before returning to the battlefield.

Senator Jack Reed, a Rhode Island Democrat and member of the
senate armed Services Committee, says the Webb proposal could further
reduce troop levels in Iraq, although he could not say by how much.

"What limits it puts on deployments, I am not specifically aware of,but I do think it will have an impact," he noted.

Reed, who delivered his party's response to the president's address
Thursday night, believes the Webb proposal will have overwhelming
support.
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