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Article: White House, Democrats stall war funding negotiations.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
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- May 18, 2007
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Byline: Jill Zuckman
WASHINGTON _ Negotiations to pay for the war in Iraq fell apart Friday as the White House accused Democrats of "being dug in" on a timeline for withdrawing U.S. troops while Democrats charged that President Bush refused to accept any accountability for how the war is proceeding.
During a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill, Democratic leaders offered to drop billions of dollars in domestic spending if Bush would agree to a timetable to pull troops out of Iraq, a schedule he could waive if he deemed it militarily necessary. Top White House officials, including Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten and National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley, ...