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Republicans threaten funding to Iraq - 11/27/2007 4:07:32 AM

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Republicans threaten to cut aid to Iraq
By BEN EVANS and ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press Writers 46 minutes ago

Two Republican senators said that unless Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki makes more political progress by January, the U.S. should consider pulling political or financial support for his government.

The stern warnings, coming from Sens. Lindsey Graham and Saxby Chambliss Monday, are an indication that while GOP patience on the war has greatly increased this fall because of security gains made by the military, it isn't bottomless.

"I do expect them to deliver," Graham, R-S.C., said in a phone interview upon returning from a Thanksgiving trip to Iraq. "What would happen for me if there's no progress on reconciliation after the first of the year, I would be looking at ways to invest our money into groups that can deliver."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071127/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq_congress

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