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GOP blocks Senate resolution for troop withdrawal

Republicans rejected a Democratic sponsored resolution that would require most U.S. troops to withdraw from Iraq by no later than March 31, 2008. The resolution required 60 votes to pass; however the vote was 50 to 48. One Republican, Sen. Gordon Smith of Oregon, voted for the resolution and two Democrats, Senators Mark Pryor (AK) [...]