Murtha Archives - Foreign Policy In Focus

What Happens After Bush Vetoes the Iraq Spending Bill?

by Erik Leaver | Apr 26, 2007

The showdown over Iraq that’s been brewing since the November elections will finally come to a head this week as Congress sends a war-spending bill to President Bush. Though the bill authorizes $100 billion for the war, Bush has rejected its October deadline for beginning the withdrawal of combat troops, with the goal of bringing combat troops home by April 2008, and has promised to use his veto—his second-ever use of this power—to kill it.

Shock but No Awe

by Erik Leaver, Emily Schwartz Greco | Apr 13, 2007

Leaving Iraq: A How-To

by Erik Leaver | Sep 6, 2006

Challenged in a recent press conference on his strategy to “win” the Iraq War, President Bush defiantly stated, “If I didn’t think it would work, I would change.” Instead of “staying the course” and bad-mouthing critics by comparing them to those who sought to appease the Nazis before World War II, Bush should be seeking new and creative ways to stop the utter destruction of Iraq and the constant loss of our soldiers.

Congress Begins to "Change the Course" in Iraq

by Erik Leaver, Emily Schwartz Greco | Nov 17, 2005

Falling in line with the peace movement and public opinion, the Senate has finally taken a small but a symbolically important step to challenge President George W. Bush’s policy in Iraq. Lawmakers approved legislation that endorses a "phased redeployment of United States forces" from Iraq.