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On Friday, New York Senator Hillary Clinton presented a bill to the Senate entitled "Iraq Troop Protection and Reduction Act". Ms. Clinton says that her bill offers the US a "roadmap" to withdrawing troops from the war-torn region and proposes to limit the number of US troops to be deployed in Iraq at the January 1, 2007 level.

If this bill is approved as is, it would give President George Bush the tools to end the violence in Iraq before his term expires in 2008. Senator Clinton declared, "If George Bush doesn't end the war before he leaves office, when I'm president, I will."

The leading Democratic presidential aspirant called on the Bush administration to start the withdrawal of U.S. troops in Iraq within 90 days. Ms. Clinton said in a video posted on her campaign Web site, www.hillaryclinton.com , "Now it's time to say the redeployment should start in 90 days or the Congress will revoke authorization for this war."

Senator Clinton originally voted in October 2002 to give President Bush the authority to launch his military offensive against Iraq and topple Saddam Hussein.

See post on Barack Obama's bill at:

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/103006/Obama_introduces_Iraq_bill_The_Iraq_War_De_escalation_Act_of_2007_