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Article: Sessions: Give Iraq surge plan 4 months.

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February 20, 2007
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Byline: Eric Fleischauer

Feb. 20--U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions reiterated Monday his support for a troop surge in Iraq, but with a caveat. If there is no sign of improvement in about four months, the Mobile Republican said, it's time to consider pulling out. "If this thing continues at its current trend, we're going to have to make major, tough decisions, because it's not been going well," said Sessions, a member of the Senate Armed Services and Senate Budget committees. "I don't see how we can continue putting soldiers in where progress is not being made. We're getting to a point where we have to make that decision." Sessions, who called his support for ...

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