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ABC's Jake Tapper previewed the all-night Senate debate on a required troop withdrawal from Iraq yesterday. NBC and CBS covered its conclusion--the eight-vote failure to overcome a filibuster. So responsibility for decisions about troop levels remains as is, on the desk of President George Bush. "When the sun rose the moment served only to define the entire Congress as powerless to keep the Democrats' campaign promise to force an end to the war," concluded CBS' Sharyl Attkisson. The Democrats knew they did not have the votes when they started, noted NBC's Chip Reid: "Why did they have the debate at all?" The answer he heard from Republicans was that it was "a major waste of time--somewhere between a slumber party and a political stunt." From Democrats: "It draws attention to the fact that it is Republicans who are blocking a change of course in Iraq."
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