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U.S. House approves withdrawal deadline from Iraq

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09:52, July 14, 2007

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The U.S. House of Representatives has approved legislation that requires
the Bush administration to withdraw U.S. combat forces from Iraq by April
1, 2008, U.S. media reported Friday.

The House voted 223-201, mostly along party lines, to approve the measure
on Thursday, and the Senate is expected to adopt a similar measure next
week in its debate on a military policy bill.

The vote marked the third time this year that the House has voted for
withdrawal timetables for U.S. troops in Iraq. In April, Congress passed
a war spending bill that would have set a pullout timetable, but the bill
was vetoed by President George W. Bush in early May.

Under Thursday's measure, the Pentagon would have to begin withdrawing
combat troops within four months after the legislation's enactment and
complete the redeployment by April 1 next year.

At the Senate, a majority of senators favor withdrawing from Iraq. On
Wednesday, 56 senators voted for an amendment that would have forced a
drawdown of troops by expanding the required intervals between tours of
combat duty. But the Senate failed in passing the measure because the
number was short of the 60 votes needed under Senate rules.

Source: Xinhua

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