U.S. Commander in Iraq to Face Democrats Eager for Troop Cuts

Senate Democrats impatient to start withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq will inject a new political dynamic into the debate over the war beginning today as they question the military's top Middle East commander for the first time since their party swept into control of Congress this month.
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Ann Scott Tyson

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