Warner takes issue with McGavick call for new Iraq
2006-10-17
Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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rss feedMike McGavick, a Republican waging an uphill race for U.S. Senate, on Monday called for the replacement of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and the creation of a bipartisan panel to propose new directions for the Iraq war.
But the plan drew a quick response from a key fellow Republican, Senate Armed Services Chairman John Warner of Virginia, who seemed to take issue with an implication that he supported McGavick's ideas.
McGavick said he had talked about his ideas with Warner and Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., on Monday following their recent criticism of the administration's handling of the war.
"Senators Warner and Hagel have articulated exactly what the American people are thinking - that things are not getting better in Iraq and a course correction is needed," McGavick said in a statement released by his campaign.
But Warner quickly distanced himself from McGavick's proposal.
"In our conversation, I shared with Mr. McGavick my views on the challenges that remain in Iraq," Warner said in a statement released by his Senate office. "I did not expand my views beyond the parameters of my prior public comments on the issue.
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