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DEMOCRATS SAY WITHDRAW TROOPS NOW FROM IRAQ ON CAPITOL HILL

Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-IL, speaks during a news conference calling for an end to arming Iraqi factions and for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq on Capitol Hill in Washington on September 5, 2007. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)

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