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Warner Flips, Iraq Vote Fails

Webb Measure Stalls Again

Without the crucial support of Sen. John Warner (R-Va.), Senate Democrats failed for the second time to pass a bipartisan proposal to give war-weary troops mandated time at home Wednesday — a striking defeat that made further bipartisan deals on troop withdrawals from the Iraq War even more remote.

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Rep. Michele Bachmann, who recently suspended her campaign for the presidency, speaks at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9.
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