Senate Committee Repudiates Bush on Iraq

Senate Committee Repudiates Bush on Iraq
By DAVID ESPO,
AP Special Correspondent


WASHINGTON - In a calculated snub of President Bush, the Democratic-controlled Senate Foreign Relations Committee dismissed plans for a troop buildup in Iraq on Wednesday as "not in the national interest" of the United States.

"The president has made his decision," Vice President Dick Cheney fired back, a response that made it clear the administration would go ahead anyway. "We need to get the job done."


What?! They can't ignore Congress. When are these guy's going to start wearing crowns?