In news on Iraq, Ted Kennedy has become the first U.S. Senator to call for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. He said the US military presence has become part of the problem, not the solution to what he described as “”George Bush’s Vietnam.” “Error is no excuse for perpetuation,” Kennedy said. “Mindless determination does not make a better outcome likely. Setting a firm strategy for withdrawal may not guarantee success, but not doing so will almost certainly guarantee failure.”