G.O.P. Senators Voice Rising Concerns on Iraq: "'No, I don't think we're winning,' Senator Hagel of Nebraska said on the CBS News program 'Face the Nation.' 'We're in trouble, we're in deep trouble in Iraq.'
Mr. Hagel, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, said he planned on Monday to send administration officials a list of recommendations for changing course in Iraq, including a major effort to involve regional allies to speed up training of Iraqi police and troops.
More American troops are clearly needed, Mr. Graham said on CNN. 'The security situation in Iraq is going to get worse before it gets better,' he said. 'I think we're going to need more people over time.'
Mr. Lugar, asked why only $1 billion of $18 billion appropriated last year for Iraqi reconstruction had been spent, replied, 'Well, this is the incompetence in the administration.' The Foreign Relations Committee chairman was appearing on the ABC News program 'This Week.'"
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