Senate Pushes for Clearer Plan in Iraq; Act Seeks Progress Reports, Urges Shift in Security Forces

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Washington In a landmark vote signaling growing unease about the war in Iraq, the Senate on Tuesday urged Iraqi forces to take the lead on security in 2006 to create conditions for a gradual redeployment of U.S. troops from Iraq.

The measure, which passed 79-19, indicates it is the sense of the Senate that U.S. military forces "should not stay in Iraq any longer than required."

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Senate Pushes for Clearer Plan in Iraq; Act Seeks Progress Reports, Urges Shift in Security Forces

"And the people of Iraq," it says plainly, "should be so advised."

The vote, in the words of a leading Republican, sends a "very strong, bipartisan message to the world."

Sen. John Warner, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, put the message this way: The Iraqis need "stronger, tak...

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