American polls: Iraq troop funding and withdrawal from Iraq

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A Bloomberg poll last month found that 61% of Americans believe
withholding funding for the war is a bad idea, while only 28% believe
it is a good idea.



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According to a March USA Today/Gallup poll, 61% of Americans
oppose "denying the funding needed to send any additional troops to
Iraq."



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That poll also showed that only 20% of Americans want to
withdraw the troops immediately.



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Public Opinion Strategies (POS) recently reported that a
majority of voters (54%) oppose the Democrats imposing a reduction in
troops below the level military commanders requested.



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A POS poll in February found that 59% of voters believe pulling
out of Iraq immediately would do more to harm America's reputation in
the world than staying until order is restored.



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That POS poll also finds 57% of voters support staying in Iraq
until the job is finished and "the Iraqi government can maintain
control and provide security for its people."



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According to a Time magazine poll also taken in March, only 32%
want to withdraw the troops within the next year no matter what happens

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By Roger Highfield, Science Editor
The Telegraph
February 22, 2007

Huge step forward in search for life on other planets

Analysis: The Holy Grail of astronomy

· The exosolar planets - that is, planets which lie beyond our own
Solar System - were studied by the Spitzer Space Telescope, an £400
million instrument launched in 2003.

· Neither of the parent stars for HD 209458b or HD 189733b can be seen
with the naked eye.

· Spitzer revealed that HD 209458b and HD 189733b had no water in the
tops of their atmospheres, a finding which surprised astronomers.

· HD 209458b, nicknamed Osiris, is a "hot Jupiter" that orbits a Sun
like star in the constellation Pegasus and bakes at 800 deg C

· HD 189733b is another hot, cloudy Jupiter-like planet, having a mass
365 times that of the Earth and a radius 14 times larger. Its density
is comparable to that of Saturn.

· HD 209458b is located about 153 light-years away in the
constellation Pegasus, while HD 189733b is about 62 light-years away
in the constellation Vulpecula.

· One light year - the distance light covers in one year - is
equivalent to 5.9 million million miles.

· Both planets zip around their stars in very tight orbits; HD 209458b
circles once every 3.5 days, while HD 189733b orbits once every 2.2
days.

· Of the more than 200 known exoplanets, there are 12 besides HD
209458b and HD 189733b whose orbits are inclined in such a way that,
from our point of view, they pass in front of their stars.