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WASHINGTON, Oct 20: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sought to reassure sceptical lawmakers on Wednesday the Bush administration had a plan for Iraq but faced strong criticism for not having a strategy to get troops home.
More than 150,000 US troops are fighting a bloody insurgency in Iraq that shows no sign of abating and Rice was asked repeatedly to give benchmarks that will indicate when the embattled troops can leave. —Reuters
