Time for an Exit Strategy

By David Sirota

This article appeared in the June 27, 2005 edition of The Nation.

June 9, 2005

Toward the Majority. Democratic Representative Lynn Woolsey forced a Congressional vote on bipartisan legislation that would have asked George W. Bush to submit a plan to Congress explaining the outlines of an eventual exit strategy from Iraq. With polls showing that a majority of Americans now believe the war was not worth it, the move was designed to put lawmakers on record on the issue of bringing the troops home.

In the print edition, this feature appears as part of the "In Fact..." column.

Permanent Minority. Seventy-nine Democrats--including House minority leader Nancy Pelosi and minority whip Steny Hoyer--voted against Woolsey's legislation, helping to send it down to defeat and preventing it from being a key contrast point between Democrats and Republicans.

About David Sirota

David Sirota is a bestselling author and nationally syndicated newspaper columnist. His newest book is The Uprising: An Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall Street and Washington (Crown). more...
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