Dems urge Iraq exit

Print Story: Emboldened Democrats to urge Iraq exit on Yahoo! News Emboldened Democrats to urge Iraq exit By ANNE PLUMMER FLAHERTY, Associated Press Writer 8 minutes ago The Bush administration must tell Iraq that U.S. troops will begin withdrawing in four to six months, the next chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Wednesday, as Congress began re-examining U.S. policy in the wake of last week's Democratic election victory. "We cannot save the Iraqis from themselves. The only way for Iraqi leaders to squarely face that reality is for President Bush to tell them that the United States will begin a phased redeployment of our forces within four to six months," Sen. Carl Levin (news, bio, voting record), D-Mich., said at the outset of a hearing featuring the top U.S. commander in the Middle East.