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U.S. house of representatives passes Iraq war-funding bill
May 11 2007, Vinod

The democrats defied President George W Bush for vetoing the Iraq war-funding bill on May 1 that stipulates the bill with the withdrawal of the troops. The House of Representatives passed a bill this time to fund the operations in Iraq until July but...

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