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President Bush Willing to Negotiate on Iraq Benchmarks
With the House expected to pass a new Iraq spending bill this evening, President Bush said again today he will not accept a provision for funding in two installments with the second depending on progress toward various benchmarks. The President said Chief-of-Staff Josh Bolten has been empowered to continue negotiations. Jonathan…
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readWith the House expected to pass a new Iraq spending bill this evening, President Bush said again today he will not accept a provision for funding in two installments with the second depending on progress toward various benchmarks.The President said Chief-of-Staff Josh Bolten has been empowered to continue negotiations.Jonathan Weisman is Congressional reporter for the Washington Post.
