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Feingold says Iraq has been a distraction

WASHINGTON Senator Russ Feingold is calling for a public timetable for withdrawal from Iraq.

The Wisconsin Democrat says such a move would show the Iraqi people the U-S won't occupy the country permanently. He tells A-B-C's "This Week" that "Iraq has ended up being a real distraction." And he adds "it's actually made us weaker rather than stronger."

Feingold says the U-S needs to refocus on the fight against al-Qaida.

Meantime, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee is suggesting that President Bush use an F-D-R-style presentation to update people on progress in the Iraq war.

Virginia Republican John Warner tells N-B-C's "Meet The Press" that "fireside chats" like ones President Franklin Roosevelt used during World War Two would be to Bush's advantage.

Warner says "It would bring him closer to the people" and dispel some of the concern about loss of life and the enormous cost of the war.

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