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Bush, Democrats search for Iraq war compromise (Reuters)
Filed: May 2nd 2007: US

An Iraqi soldier stands guard near the blindfolded detainees who were arrested during a raid in Yussifiya, 10 miles south of Baghdad, May 2, 2007. (Ibrahim Sultan/Reuters)Reuters - Democrats on Wednesday failed to
override President George W. Bush's veto of Iraq war funding
legislation that would force a troop pullout timetable,
prompting the start of tense negotiations on a compromise.

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