CNN's Henry reported that Murtha said "surge is working," ignored his continued call for Iraq withdrawal
SUMMARY: On CNN,
Ed Henry reported that "Democrats ... like Congressman John Murtha ... are now saying that
the surge is working," and suggested that, as a result of such comments,
it "is going to be more and more difficult for Democrats" to argue
that President Bush should sign a war funding bill that includes a provision
for troop redeployment.
But Murtha, who voted in favor of the bill, actually said, "I think the
surge is working, I think -- but that's only one element. ... [T]he
thing that has to happen, the Iraqis have to do this themselves." In a subsequent statement, Murtha
added: "The
fact remains that the war in Iraq
cannot be won militarily, and that we must begin an orderly redeployment of U.S. forces from Iraq as soon as practicable."
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