(Reuters) - WASHINGTON, May 22 - President George W. Bush won
a battle over nearly $100 billion to fund the Iraq war as
Democratic leaders in Congress on Tuesday abandoned efforts to
withdraw troops for now but pledged to try again in July.
Instead of setting schedules for pulling U.S. troops, it
appeared the Democratic-run Congress and the Republican White
House agreed for the first time to include conditions prodding
Baghdad to make better progress toward quelling violence or
risk losing around $1.3 billion in U.S. reconstruction aid.
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a battle over nearly $100 billion to fund the Iraq war as
Democratic leaders in Congress on Tuesday abandoned efforts to
withdraw troops for now but pledged to try again in July.
Instead of setting schedules for pulling U.S. troops, it
appeared the Democratic-run Congress and the Republican White
House agreed for the first time to include conditions prodding
Baghdad to make better progress toward quelling violence or
risk losing around $1.3 billion in U.S. reconstruction aid.
Read more at Reuters.com Bonds News
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