Boren Being Followed
Rep. Dan Boren, D-Muskogee, is one of four lawmakers whose views on the Iraq war are being tracked in a special series by the Washington Post as Congress struggles with the issue.
Boren, the only Democrat in Oklahoma’s seven-person congressional delegation, has been frustrated for months with what he considers a lack of progress by the Iraqi government.
He opposed President Bush’s decision to add more troops this year in a “surge” meant to provide the security necessary for the Iraqi government to make some tough decisions.
But he has so far been unwilling to support timetables for U.S. troop withdrawals.
Boren, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, was one of 10 Democrats who voted last week against the most recent resolution to set troop withdrawal dates.
Boren told the Post that he thought more votes would start to change in the coming weeks in favor of a troop withdrawal, though he didn’t say his would.
In the Post series, Boren is the “Conservative Democrat.” The paper is also following Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, who is the “Anguished Moderate;” Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., who is the “Antiwar Liberal;” and Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Georgia, who is the “Loyal Republican.”
The Post is online at www.washingtonpost.com.
Chris Casteel, Washington Bureau
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