DEMOCRATS SAY WITHDRAW TROOPS NOW FROM IRAQ ON CAPITOL HILL

Lawrence Korb, former assistant secretary of defense, 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. With Korb from left are Retired Lt. Gen. William Odom, former director of the National Security Agency, Democratic Representatives Maxine Waters, CA, Barbara Lee, CA, Jim Moran, VA, Iraq War veteran John Bruhns and Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-NY. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)

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