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Iraq_vote_060621.appHeader = "Fact File|The Senate's Iraq withdrawal vote";
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Iraq_vote_060621.rows[i++] = new Array("<a href=http://www.senate.gov/&#0126;bayh/index1.html target=_blank><img src=http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/060620/060620_iraqvote_bayh.thumb.jpg border=0><br>Evan Bayh, D-Ind.</a>","no","yes","no","A potential Democratic presidential contender, Bayh said four weeks ago &#147;we will know… in the next six to eight weeks&#148; whether the Iraqi factions &#147;get their political act together.&#148; If they don&#146;t, he said, then &#147;we&#146;re out.&#148; He opposes setting a specific timetable for withdrawal of troops.");
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Iraq_vote_060621.rows[i++] = new Array("<a href=http://cantwell.senate.gov/ target=_blank><img src=http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/060620/060620_iraqvote_cantwell.thumb.jpg border=0><br>Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.</a>","no","yes","no","Although anti-war Democrats in her state have assailed her for supporting the war, she doesn&#146;t face a credible  primary foe. Cantwell, who faces Republican Mike McGavick this November in her bid for a second term, supports Levin-Reed. &#147;The majority of Washingtonians want us to have Iraq be a stable place and our troops to come home. Washingtonians want us to have the ability to get that government on its feet and our troops to come home….&#148;");
Iraq_vote_060621.rows[i++] = new Array("<a href=http://chafee.senate.gov/ target=_blank><img src=http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/060620/060620_iraqvote_chafee.thumb.jpg border=0><br>Lincoln Chafee, R-R.I.</a>","no","yes","no","Chafee was the only GOP senator to vote against authorizing Bush to use force against Iraq in 2002. He&#146;s up for re-election and faces a primary against conservative Steve Laffey. &#147;I have a primary electorate that&#146;s so different from my general election electorate. On every vote, I&#146;m going to be under attack.&#148; He must appeal to what he calls &#147;very different universes,&#148; conservative Republicans in the primary and anti-war Democrats in the November election.");
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Iraq_vote_060621.rows[i++] = new Array("<a href=http://dewine.senate.gov/ target=_blank><img src=http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/060620/060620_iraqvote_dewine.thumb.jpg border=0><br>Mike DeWine, R-Ohio</a>","no","no","no","The two-term Republican is in a tense battle for re-election with anti-war Democrat Sherrod Brown. DeWine sounded chagrined that Republican leaders did not offer a positive alternative to the Democratic proposals. &#147;Most people understand we need to move the troops out as quickly as we can. But for the Congress to speak in the language of Levin amendment would send a signal that the U.S. will move the troops out in an earlier time frame and we might not be in a good position to do that…. It would be interpreted as setting an artificial deadline.&#148; ");
Iraq_vote_060621.rows[i++] = new Array("<a href=http://hagel.senate.gov/ target=_blank><img src=http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/060620/060620_iraqvote_hagel.thumb.jpg border=0><br>Chuck Hagel, R-Neb.</a>","no","no","no","A possible Republican presidential contender, Hagel has been one of the most outspoken GOP skeptics of President Bush&#146;s Iraq policy. But he said Wednesday &#147;We should not limit the Commander-in-Chief&#146;s options in Iraq.&#148; He said \"anyone who believes that we will be in Iraq indefinitely ignores the forces of reality… It is not in Iraq&#146;s interest for the U.S. to remain in Iraq. Our influence is limited and becoming more limited every day.&#148; ");
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Iraq_vote_060621.rows[i++] = new Array("<a href=http://mccain.senate.gov/ target=_blank><img src=http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/060620/060620_iraqvote_mccain.thumb.jpg border=0><br>John McCain, R-Ariz.</a>","no","no","no","A leading contender for the 2008 Republican nomination, McCain has criticized Defense Secretary Rumsfeld&#146;s conduct of the Iraq operation but remains a stalwart supporter of keeping U.S. troops in Iraq until it is stable. \"I strongly believe its not when we leave (Iraq), it&#146;s how we leave.&#148;");
Iraq_vote_060621.rows[i++] = new Array("<a href=http://obama.senate.gov/ target=_blank><img src=http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/060621/060621_iraqvote_obama.thumb.jpg border=0><br>Barack Obama, D-Ill.</a>","no","yes","no","In recent weeks, Democratic insiders in Washington have been musing about Obama as their 2008 nominee, an attractive alternative, some say, to Hillary. Obama supports Levin-Reed. Of the Feingold-Kerry idea, he said, &#147;I share their frustration,\" but \"continue to be concerned about a date certain for a pullout.&#148; He said he didn't want to limit the flexibility of the general and diplomats if \"we&#146;re moving in the right direction.&#148;");

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