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Reuters
Tuesday 01 May 2007
Washington - President George W. Bush vetoed legislation on Tuesday that would have required him to begin withdrawing
U.S. combat troops from Iraq this year, setting up a new showdown with Democratic leaders over funding the war, the
White House said.
Bush's veto, only the second of his presidency, came on the four-year anniversary of a speech he delivered announcing
the end of major combat operations in Iraq beneath a "Mission Accomplished" banner.
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By William Branigin and Jonathan Weisman
The Washington Post
Tuesday 01 May 2007
President Bush today vetoed a $124 billion emergency war-funding bill that contains a timetable for the withdrawal of
U.S. forces from Iraq, setting up a confrontation with the Democratic-controlled Congress over his Iraq war policy.
Acting on the fourth anniversary of his so-called "Mission Accomplished" speech aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham
Lincoln, Bush carried out his veto threat shortly after returning to the White House from a visit to Florida, where he
delivered a speech at the U.S. Central Command.
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