Iraq Policy Pingpong - Hagel

At the Senate Foreign Relations Committee this morning, Chuck Hagel called the Iraq Strategy by President Bush, a pingpong game with American lives.

Hagel said that "..we better be damn sure we know what we’re doing, all of us, before we put 22,000 more Americans into that grinder".

The Senate Committee will endorse legislation that will go before the full Senate next week, that the escalation of America's involvement in Iraq is not in the National interest.

The vote before the Senate will be close - however it does have the support of more than just Hagel. Declared Republican candidate for the Presidential nomination, Sam Brownback will also support the legislation against the surge in Iraq.