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Bush encounters criticism on Iraq as he shakes up war team
Wire Services
WASHINGTON (AP) - Days from announcing an overhaul of Iraq strategy, President Bush on Friday encountered a wall of criticism of the U.S. troop escalation that is expected to be the centerpiece of his new war plan.
Bush also reshuffled his war commanders, installing a new team to support the policies he will announce next week. Democrats and Republicans alike took aim at the expected increase in U.S. forces.
"It has to be significant and sustained. Otherwise do not do it," Sen. John McCain, a Republican presidential hopeful and Vietnam veteran who has been advocating a troop increase, said.
Those for going in the opposite direction spoke out, too.
"We are well past the point of more troops for Iraq," new House Speaker Nancy Pe
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