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    Senate, House Create War-Funding Problems for Bush

    By two votes last night, the US Senate approved a non-binding deadline for pulling out of Iraq by March of next year. By the middle of May, the military will be running short of money in Iraq.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    By two votes last night, the US Senate approved a non-binding deadline for pulling out of Iraq by March of next year. By the middle of May, the military will be running short of money in Iraq. This morning, after President Bush again threatened to veto any measure with a deadline for troop withdrawal, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged him to "calm down with the threats." Mike Allen, who reports for the new website, Politico, reports on a potential impasse.

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      Warren Olney

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      Chief Political Correspondent for the Politico

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    Diplomacy and Promises of Democracy in the Middle East
    1. 1:41Iranian TV Airs Footage of Captured British Sailors
    2. 7:22Diplomacy and Promises of Democracy in the Middle East
    3. 42:36Senate, House Create War-Funding Problems for BushYou’re reading this
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