SENATE DEMS SEE PROGRESS IN WASHINGTON TOWARDS CHANGING POLICY IN IRAQ
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-OR, discusses what some Democrats see as progress towards changing strategy in the war in Iraq on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 16, 2007. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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