U.S. Senator Ken Salazar is on the side of a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq, according to the Denver Post. From the article, "Wading into a tough partisan battle over America's involvement in Iraq, Ken Salazar urged his fellow senators Wednesday to endorse a timetable for a phased withdrawal of U.S. troops. A nonbinding amendment to a defense measure co-sponsored by the Colorado Democrat urges the Bush administration to begin withdrawing forces from Iraq by the end of this year. The legislation was the subject of intense debate on the Senate floor Wednesday, with a vote expected today. A competing Democratic amendment would require the administration to remove U.S. troops from Iraq by July 2007. The two plans reflect divisions among Democrats over the party's response to the war as fall elections approach...
"Salazar on Wednesday criticized the Bush administration's 'fingers-crossed, stay-the-meandering-course approach' and urged senators to stop 'sitting on our hands while policy drifts from one goal and mission to another with no end in sight.'[...]
"From the other side of the aisle, Sen. Wayne Allard, R-Colo., opposed the Salazar- backed amendment, which, he said, 'undermines everything we have achieved. Why would we risk our success by a premature withdrawal?' Allard asked. 'Why would we risk handing Iraq over to terrorists when they are on the run?'"
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