WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sought to reassure skeptical 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 U.S. 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.
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