Bush says he will veto Iraq funding bill

CAMP DAVID, Md., Apr 27 (Reuters) - President George W Bush said today he will veto a bill setting a timeline for a withdrawal from Iraq that the US Congress plans to send him within days.

Bush said he would also veto a second war-funding bill if it included dates for pulling US troops out of Iraq.

''I haven't vetoed the first bill yet, but I'm going to ...

I made it clear I would veto it,'' he said at a joint news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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