Clinton challenges Bush on Iraq, saying don’t veto will of the people

As Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) continues to weather the insults and protests of anti-war groups, she offered terse words for President Bush Wednesday, telling him not to veto the deadline for withdrawal from Iraq the Senate passed Tuesday.

Clinton said if Bush vetoed such legislation passed by both the House and Senate, he would “be willing to veto the will of the American people.”

“I challenge him to withdraw his veto threat,” Clinton said.

The Senate narrowly passed the Iraq emergency supplemental funding bill late Tuesday, which included language that sets a 120-day window to begin withdrawing troops from Iraq.
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