Media misrepresents Warner comments

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GOP Senator Calls for Troop Withdrawals

Aug 24, 6:03 AM (ET)

By ANNE FLAHERTY

(AP) Sen. John Warner, R-Va., discusses his recent trip to Iraq during a news conference in Washington...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. John Warner's call for troop withdrawals from Iraq is likely to ratchet up pressure on President Bush substantially and lend momentum to Democratic efforts to end U.S. combat.

Warner, R-Va., former chairman of the Armed Services Committee and Navy secretary during the Vietnam War, said Bush should bring some troops home by Christmas. Doing so, he told reporters Thursday, would send a powerful message that the U.S. commitment in Iraq was not open-ended.

Warner says the president should get to decide when and how many troops should leave. Bush has opposed setting a date to pull out troops and contends that conditions on the ground should dictate deployments.

Actually he did not say that. He suggested a symbolic withdrawal of 5000 troops by Christmas to send a messgae. And he specifically said he would not support or vote for a troop withdrawal date.

So what exactly is the "turning point" that Brian Williams is talking about?

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