REPS. WOOLSEY, LEE, WATERS CALL FOR END TO WAR IN IRAQ
Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-CA, calls for an end to the war in Iraq and for American troops to begin leaving the country soon during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on January 17, 2007. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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