Don’t Criticize Escalation, Lieberman Begs

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During Gen. David Petraeus’ hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee today, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) took time out to “make a plea to [his] colleagues in the Senate” to “put the brakes” on the gathering bipartisan momentum for a nonbinding resolution condemning the president’s plan to increase troops in Iraq.

The Senate should “step back for a moment and give you [Gen. Petraeus] a chance…. Perhaps a last chance, to succeeed in Iraq,” Lieberman said. “If God forbid, you are unable to succeed, then there will be plenty of time for the resolutions of disapproval or the other alternatives that have been contemplated.”

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