Senators launch scathing attack on Bush's plan

President George Bush’s plan to send more troops to Iraq ran into a huge wall of criticism from the Democrat-controlled Congress as administration officials drew confrontational, sometimes mocking, challenges from all sides.

Senators launch scathing attack on Bush's plan

President George Bush’s plan to send more troops to Iraq ran into a huge wall of criticism from the Democrat-controlled Congress as administration officials drew confrontational, sometimes mocking, challenges from all sides.

Defence secretary Robert Gates said in response that the administration might abandon the increase if the Iraqi government did not do its part, but provided no timetable.

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