Biden to Fight Troop Surge ; Iraq Strategy Hit As 'Wrong'; Hearings Set On Bush Plan

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The incoming Democratic chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday said he will try to block President Bush from sending an additional 30,000 troops to Iraq, calling it "the absolute wrong strategy."

Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware plans three straight weeks of congressional hearings on Iraq policy next month in hopes of persuading the president to abandon a plan he is thought to be seriously considering.

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Biden to Fight Troop Surge ; Iraq Strategy Hit As 'Wrong'; Hearings Set On Bush Plan

"We've already broken Iraq. We're about to break the United States military" by sending more troops, said Mr. Biden, who is seeking the 2008 presidential nomination.

Mr. Bush early next month will announce a new strategy f...

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