- Was Warner’s call the other day for the president to send a signal to the Iraqi government by pulling out a small band of troops the Senator’s first step in backing a full pullout? On Meet The Press this morning Warner said he might support a bill in the Senate for a full troop withdrawl.

- This week Senator Hillary Clinton called for the ouster of Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki who has now responded directly saying Clinton & Senator Carl Levin saying “There are American officials who consider Iraq as if it were one of their villages, for example Hillary Clinton and Carl Levin. They should come to their senses”.

- From the Associated Press: ” A call by Puerto Rico’s governor for a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq earned a standing ovation from a conference of more than 4,000 National Guardsmen.

Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila said Saturday that the U.S. administration has “no new strategy and no signs of success” and that prolonging the war would needlessly put guardsmen in harm’s way. “