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Bush Administration Defending New Iraq Policy
Date: 1/12/2007 12:37:59 PM Sender: By VOA News

                                       Bush Administration Defending New Iraq Policy
                                                        By VOA News
                                                      12 January 2007
  
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates (l) looks on as Gen. Peter Pace testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Iraq, 12 Jan 2007

U.S. lawmakers are asking Defense Secretary Robert Gates why Washington should believe new Iraqi promises to quell sectarian violence when earlier such pledges were not fulfilled.

Gates and General Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, are appearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee to discuss the president＇s decision to send more than 20,000 additional troops to Iraq.

General Pace said Friday the "significant difference" about the planned operation is that Iraqi commanders have pledged to work against all criminal elements, whether Sunni or Shi＇ite.

U.S. public support for the war has been dropping, and leaders in the Democratic-controlled Congress have sharply criticized Mr. Bush＇s planned "surge" of troops. Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy asked today if the president would be willing to put the plan to a vote in Congress. Gates indicated Mr. Bush would not.

The defense secretary said the president was taking the "long view" of the situation, which might differ from popular sentiment.

Both Gates and Pace were asked whether Mr. Bush＇s pledge to seek and destroy anti-U.S. networks coming into Iraq from Iran and Syria would involve crossing Iraqi borders to disrupt those threats. Both men said all military operations would be contained within Iraqi borders.

Later in the day, Friday, a White House spokesman confirmed there is no battle plan against Syria or Iran in the works. Tony Snow said he wanted to end speculation that a speech the president made this week was paving the way for war.

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