Southland GOP Stands by Bush

Southern California Republicans vowed Wednesday to continue backing President George W. Bush's war policy despite a growing number of their Senate colleagues breaking with the White House on Iraq. Lisa Friedman in the Daily News.

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Huntington Beach, and Rep. Elton Gallegly, R-Thousand Oaks, said the troop increase Bush ordered in January deserves more time to show results.

Each said he plans to vote today against a House bill that would set a firm deadline to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq.

"If we should capitulate at this point and cut and run, what kind of message would that send - not only to our enemies, but to our friends around the world?" Gallegly said.

The Senate fell four votes short Wednesday on a procedural vote that would have allowed passage of Iraq-withdrawal legislation.