Conecticut GOP lawmaker Shays says he supports Iraq war despite call for timetable

WASHINGTON – A Republican lawmaker fighting for re-election said Sunday he has not turned against President Bush's Iraq policy but called for a withdrawal timetable to light a fire under the Iraqi government.
Rep. Christopher Shays, a Connecticut Republican who is challenged by an anti-war Democrat, said his support of the war has not waned. Nor, he said, was his suggestion for a pullout timeline prompted by the primary defeat of another war supporter in his state, Democratic Sen. Joe Lieberman. Lieberman is now running for re-election as an independent.

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