GOP Lawmakers Edge Away From Optimism on Iraq

By Jonathan Weisman and Anushka Asthana

Faced with almost daily reports of sectarian carnage in Iraq, congressional Republicans are shifting their message on the war from speaking optimistically of progress to acknowledging the difficulty of the mission and pointing up mistakes in planning and execution.

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