Reed, Levin get political on Iraq in conference call
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U.S. Sens. Jack Reed and Carl Levin, of Michigan, covered much familiar ground in a telephone news conference today with reporters, stressing what they have long depicted as the need to complement U.S. military muscle in Iraq with political action to engender popular support for the new government. Their message has become more explicitly political, however, with the approach of the final congressional elections of the Bush presidency. "Iraq is rapidly becoming a chaotic, failed state,” said Reed, who sits with fellow Democrat Levin on the Senate Armed Services Committee and has made repeated visits to the war theater. The election of Democratic majorities to the House and Senate would also send ``a very strong message'' to President Bush, said Levin, who stands to become chairman of the Armed Services Committee if the GOP loses its Senate majority. -- John Mulligan, Journal Washington Bureau 
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