REAL REPORTING

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Bush and Cheney Chide Democrats on Iraq Deadline
By CARL HULSE and JEFF ZELENY
Published: April 25, 2007
New York Times

In his criticism of Mr. Reid, Mr. Cheney noted that the Democratic leader had said the administration’s troop increase ran counter to the recommendations of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group.

The study group said that a troop increase might be advisable if commanders thought it would be useful. But Mr. Cheney failed to mention that it also recommended a withdrawal of combat units by the end of the first quarter of 2008, about the same time envisioned in the legislation.