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src="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615185423im_/http://media.msnbc.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/Art/postLogo_msnbc.gif" height="20" width="140" vspace="0" hspace="0" alt="The Washington Post"><div class="textTimestamp"><div id="udtD">Updated: 5:17 a.m. ET June 15, 2006</div><script language="javascript"> function UpdateTimeStamp(pdt) { var n = document.getElementById("udtD"); if(pdt != '' && n && window.DateTime) { var dt = new DateTime(); pdt = dt.T2D(pdt); if(dt.GetTZ(pdt)) {n.innerHTML = dt.D2S(pdt,((''.toLowerCase()=='false')?false:true));} } } UpdateTimeStamp('632859598526900000'); </script></div></div><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>Nearly four years after it authorized the use of force in Iraq, the House today will embark on its first extended debate on the war, with Republican leaders daring Democrats to vote against a nonbinding resolution to hold firm on Iraq and the war on terrorism.</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>In the wake of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's death and President Bush's surprise trip to Baghdad, Republican leaders are moving quickly to capitalize on good news and trying to force Democrats on the defensive. Bush continued his own campaign with a morning news conference and a White House meeting with congressional leaders from both parties, while House leaders strategized on today's 10-hour debate.</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" align="left" style="padding:5 15 0 0;"><tr><td><script>getCSS("3176006")</script><div class="box_3176006" style="width:152;"><script></script><table width="152" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="boxH_3176006"><tr><td width="1%" class="boxHI_3176006"><img border="0" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615185423im_/http://media.msnbc.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Art/SITEWIDE/PartnerColorBoxLogos/WaPost_333_GCH.gif" height="26" width="152" vspace="0" hspace="0"></td><td width="*" nowrap="true" class="boxHC_3176006"><div class="textSmallBold"></div></td></tr></table><table width="152" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="boxB_3176006"><tr valign="top"><td class="boxBI_3176006"><div class="textHang"><div style="padding-bottom:3px"><span class="bulletRedSmall">• </span><span class="textMed"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615185423/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/politics/?nav=msn-1" target="_blank">More politics news</a></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table>A memo from House Majority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) urged House Republican members Tuesday to make the debate "a portrait of contrasts between Republicans and Democrats." After Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) was booed this week by liberal activists for her failure to resolutely oppose the war, Republicans hope to present a united front that highlights the fractures in the Democratic Party.</p><div class="aC"><div class="textSmallGrey w320"><a href="#storyContinued">Story continues below ↓</a><hr noshade size="1"> advertisement <div style="padding:0 10 10 10;"><script>ad_dap(250,300,'&PG=NBCMSN&AP=1089');</script></div><hr noshade size="1"></div></div><a name="storyContinued"></a><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>"As a result of our efforts during this debate, Americans will recognize that on the issue of national security, they have a clear choice between a Republican Party aware of the stakes and dedicated to victory, versus a Democratic Party without a coherent national security policy that sheepishly dismisses the challenges America faces in a post-9/11 world," Boehner wrote.</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>But the day-long debate will also give voice to some GOP lawmakers' misgivings about Bush administration policy -- and years of congressional support for it -- in an election year in which Iraq will be a central issue. The news of recent days has buoyed Republican spirits, but the party is still saddled with a war that remains deeply unpopular and is imperiling its continued control of Congress. Some House Republicans have complained that their party has taken flight from its responsibility to debate and oversee administration policy.</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>"I can't help but feel through eyes of a combat-wounded Marine in Vietnam, if someone was shot, you tried to save his life. . . . While you were in combat, you had a sense of urgency to end the slaughter, and around here we don't have that sense of urgency," said Rep. Wayne T. Gilchrest (R-Md.), a usually soft-spoken backbencher who has urged his leaders to challenge the White House on Iraq. "To me, the administration does not act like there's a war going on. The Congress certainly doesn't act like there's a war going on. If you're raising money to keep the majority, if you're thinking about gay marriage, if you're doing all this other peripheral stuff, what does that say to the guy who's about ready to drive over a land mine?"</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span><b><strong>‘Strategically nebulous’</strong></b><br>The last time Iraq dominated the House's attention, the issue was far less politically fluid. In October 2002, many Democrats went along with Bush's resolution of force, fearing the political consequences of opposing a popular president and a bellicose national mood. Now, some Republicans -- especially those representing battleground districts in the Northeast and Midwest -- will be swimming against the tide of public opinion.</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>Already, the resolution itself -- declaring that the United States will complete the mission to create a sovereign, free, secure and united Iraq and will prevail in the global war on terror -- has attracted strong criticism from lawmakers in both parties. Democrats and antiwar Republicans object to the linkage between the war in Iraq and the fight against terrorism, while some Republicans have said it sets unrealistic goals. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich.), who supports the war, called the resolution "strategically nebulous and morally obtuse."</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>But the strongest misgivings may be practical. Rep. Ray LaHood (R-Ill.) called the entire exercise "a dumb idea" that will highlight precisely the issue that is threatening Republican political fortunes.</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>"When the country is war-weary, when the violence is still playing out on TV, I don't know why we want to highlight all that," he said.</p><div class="t1 f70 c666"><span cm="PageNavBot"><a class="b" id="gted" ce="2" href="/web/20060615185423/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13306324/page/2/">CONTINUED</a><hr size="1">1 | <a class="b" id="gted" ce="2" href="/web/20060615185423/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13306324/page/2/">2</a> | <a class="b" id="gted" ce="2" href="/web/20060615185423/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13306324/page/2/">Next ></a></span></div><div class="userRating t1 b f11 c000" style="margin-top:20px;"><nobr> Rate this story </nobr><span style="white-space:wrap;"></span><nobr> Low <span id="URplace"></span> High </nobr></div><span class="t1 f11 c000" style="display:none" 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