{"id":2029,"date":"2007-02-07T09:22:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-07T09:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/02\/looks-like-gates-is-going-to-s.html"},"modified":"2007-02-07T09:22:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-07T09:22:00","slug":"looks-like-gates-is-going-to-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/02\/looks-like-gates-is-going-to-s.html","title":{"rendered":"Looks like Gates is going to spend all his time on the Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20070207\/ap_on_go_co\/us_iraq\">Yesterday it was the Senate<\/a>, today the House:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Defense Secretary Robert Gates will be back before Congress today, this time before the House Armed Services Committee. Yesterday, Gates told the<br \/>\nSenate Armed Services Committee that U.S. forces might be able to start leaving<br \/>\nIraq before the end of the year, if daunting conditions including subdued violence and political reconciliation are met.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But there was a benefit to the hearing because he was able to stress that the surge isn&#8217;t our last chance in Iraq:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Gates told lawmakers the current buildup of forces is &#8220;not the last chance&#8221; to succeed in Iraq and conceded that he&#8217;s considering what steps to take if it doesn&#8217;t work.<br \/>\n&#8220;I would be irresponsible if I weren&#8217;t thinking about what the alternatives might be,&#8221; Gates told the Senate Armed Services Committee.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is something that needs to be said over and over again until the American people get it that we can&#8217;t leave until the Iraqi forces are strong enough to take over.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tag_list\">Tags: <span class=\"tags\"><a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Robert+Gates\" rel=\"tag\">Robert Gates<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Iraq\" rel=\"tag\">Iraq<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/war\" rel=\"tag\">war<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday it was the Senate, today the House: Defense Secretary Robert Gates will be back before Congress today, this time before the House Armed Services Committee. 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