WASHINGTON, May 27 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., Sunday reiterated his belief that there is no military solution to the situation in Iraq.
Speaking on CBS' "Face the Nation," Levin said a political solution is needed but "there is no evidence the Iraqi politicians are making any progress toward that political solution."
He said a deadline for U.S. military presence in Iraq is needed.
Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., also appearing on the news program, said most of Congress is looking at September as a key time and that "unless something extraordinary occurs that we should be on a move to draw that surge number down."
"I don't believe we need a soldier in Iraq a single day longer than is necessary to serve our national interest," Sessions said. "I don't think we need to be any occupying power."
Sessions said he thinks President George W. Bush "is coming around" to seeing the need to pull back if there isn't major improvement.
But Levin said "the handwriting's on the wall" so "why wait until September?"
