Daschle in Evanston for speech last night, wants troops out of Iraq by end of '07

Former South Dakota Senator Tom Daschle was at Northwestern University in Evanston to give a speech last night.

From the Chicago "Free Registration Required" Tribune:

Adding his voice to the newly aggressive chorus of Democrats calling for changes in the U.S. conduct of the war in Iraq, former Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle urged the withdrawal of 80,000 of the more than 150,000 American troops next year.

Speaking Wednesday at Northwestern University in Evanston, Daschle said he had been given "misleading information" by the Bush administration about Iraq's weapons before the war but said he could not go into specifics.

"I wish I could share with you the misleading information I personally was provided in September and October of 2002," he said during a speech to more than 300 people.

The misrepresentations, Daschle said, underscore the need for Congress to repair the nation's foreign policy initiatives to restore the public's trust in the use of U.S. military power.

"Nowhere as much as on this principle has the president so dramatically failed the country and our military," said the former South Dakota senator. He lost his bid for re-election a year ago.

This comes from AP:

The South Dakota Democrat, defeated for re-election last November, made the comment in a foreign policy speech set for delivery in Chicago on Wednesday, three days before a planned visit to politically pivotal Iowa.

Daschle has raised his public profile in recent weeks and has not ruled out a presidential run in 2008.

Well, there is the hope that the insurgency in Iraq, if not extinguished, could be a minor factor in a democratic Iraq by 2008.

Then what do Daschle, Feingold and the others do?

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