Senate Foreign Relations Committee. On Wednesday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 12-9 against President George Bush's plan to send 21,500 additional US troops to Iraq. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is made up of 11 Democrats and 10 Republicans . Senator Chuck Hagel (R ) said, "We better be damn sure we know what we're doing, all of us, before we put 22,000 more Americans into that grinder." Senator Joseph Biden (D ) said, "not an attempt to embarrass the president. ... It's an attempt to save the president from making a significant mistake with regard to our policy in Iraq." Senator Richard Lugar (R ) said, "I am not confident that President Bush's plan will succeed."
Senate Foreign Relations Committee. On Wednesday, the voted 12–9 against President George Bush's plan to send 21,500 additional US troops to Iraq. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is made up of 11 and 10 . Senator ( ) said, "We better be damn sure we know what we're doing, all of us, before we put 22,000 more Americans into that grinder." Senator ( ) said, "not an attempt to embarrass the president. ... It's an attempt to save the president from making a significant mistake with regard to our policy in Iraq." Senator ( ) said, "I am not confident that President Bush's plan will succeed."
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