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Second GOP senator joins opposition to Bush Iraq plan
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A second Republican senator has agreed to co-sponsor a bipartisan resolution opposing the Bush administration's strategy in Iraq.

"This resolution is an expression of the American people's frustration with our current Iraq policy," Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine said in a statement released Wednesday evening.

"Its focus rightly hinges on a diplomatic and political solution as a military solution is no longer feasible in Iraq," Snowe's statement said.

"An increase in troops will not solve the root causes of violence in Iraq nor do I believe that the Iraqi government has shown the will or the capacity to bring about effective national reconciliation."

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