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House Democrats seek mid-2008 Iraq withdrawal (Reuters)
Filed: March 8th 2007: US

Sailor Jason Dize and Ashley Qwens embracein before he deploys with his unit, Thursday, March 8, 2007, at Little Creek Amphibious Base in Virginia Beach, Va. About 100 members of the Navy Riverine Squadron ONE departed for Iraq, where they will integrate with Marines patrolling the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, eventually replacing the Marine force. (AP Photo/Daily Press, Joe Fudge)Reuters - Democratic leaders in the U.S. House
of Representatives on Thursday proposed legislation that would
bring American combat troops out of Iraq by August 2008 at the
latest.

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