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WASHINGTON (AFX) - US Senator Hillary Clinton rejected President George W. Bush's plan to send more troops to Iraq, speaking in an interview with NBC television.Following a visit to Iraq where she met Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and top US commanders, Clinton said Bush's strategy for quelling violence in the country does not have a good chance of success.'The Iraqi government is not committed to taking the steps both militarily and politically that would help them to gain control over Baghdad and other places in the country,' Clinton said.'I do not think that this strategy has a very high level of success at all attached to it. In fact, I think that at best it's a holding pattern.'Clinton, a front-runner for the Democratic nomination for the presidency in 2008, had previously taken a cautious stance on Bush's new strategy on Iraq, announced last week.Clinton said that instead of Bush's plan to increase US troops in Iraq by 21,500 in an attempt to restore security in Baghdad and Al-Anbar province, she backs placing an immediate cap on the number of US troops in the country, currently about 132,000.'I support the beginning of a phased redeployment out of Baghdad and eventually out of Iraq completely.'newsdesk@afxnews.comafp/ambCOPYRIGHTCopyright AFX News Limited 2006. All rights reserved.The copying, republication or redistribution of AFX News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of AFX News.AFX News and AFX Financial News Logo are registered trademarks of AFX News Limited
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