Senate panel votes 12-9 against troop increase in Iraq
{{date|January 24, 2007}}

[[Image:Us senate seal.png|right|200px|thumb|Senate Foreign Relations Committee.]]
On Wednesday, the {{w|Senate Foreign Relations Committee}} voted 12&ndash;9 against [[George W. Bush|President George Bush's]] plan to send 21,500 additional [[US]] troops to [[Iraq]]. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is made up of 11 [[Democratic Party (US)|Democrats]] and 10 [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]].

The main statement in their resolution says, "[I]t is not in the national interest of the United States to deepen its military involvement in Iraq, particularly by increasing the United States military force presence in Iraq."

Senator {{w|Chuck Hagel}} ([[Republican Party (US)|R]]) said, "We better be damn sure we know what we're doing, all of us, before we put 22,000 more Americans into that grinder."

Senator {{w|Joseph Biden}} ([[Democratic Party (US)|D]]) said, "not an attempt to embarrass the president. ... It's an attempt to save the president from making a significant mistake with regard to our policy in Iraq."

Senator {{w|Richard Lugar}} ([[Republican Party (US)|R]]) said, "I am not confident that President Bush's plan will succeed."

The full Senate debate on the Iraq troop increase will begin next week.

== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070124/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq|
title=Senate panel votes against Bush on Iraq|
author=Anne Flaherty|
pub=Yahoo News|
date=January 24, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16785663/|
title=Senate panel rejects Bush’s Iraq strategy|
author=|
pub=MSNBC|
date=January 24, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/24/washington/24cnd-cong.html?hp&ex=1169701200&en=df9e23cab7732a53&ei=5094&partner=homepage|
title=Senate Panel Opposes Troop Increase in Iraq, 12-9|
author=John Holusha|
pub=New York Times|
date=January 24, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,246278,00.html|
title=Senate Panel Passes Resolution Opposing Troop Escalation in Iraq|
author=|
pub=Fox News|
date=January 24, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ak7PcBvHLeH8&refer=home|
title=U.S. Senate Panel Votes Against Bush Iraq Strategy (Update2)|
author=Nicholas Johnston|
pub=Bloomberg|
date=January 24, 2007}}

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Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
On Wednesday, the  voted 12–9 against President George Bush's plan to send 21,500 additional US troops to Iraq. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is made up of 11 Democrats and 10 Republicans.

The main statement in their resolution says, "It is not in the national interest of the United States to deepen its military involvement in Iraq, particularly by increasing the United States military force presence in Iraq."

Senator  (R) said, "We better be damn sure we know what we're doing, all of us, before we put 22,000 more Americans into that grinder."

Senator  (D) said, "not an attempt to embarrass the president. ... It's an attempt to save the president from making a significant mistake with regard to our policy in Iraq."

Senator  (R) said, "I am not confident that President Bush's plan will succeed."

The full Senate debate on the Iraq troop increase will begin next week.
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