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US Senate leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has conceded defeat in Iraq. The US Democrat leaderappears to haveproclaimed that the American Military has failed and that their mission is for naught. The war in Iraq "is lost" and a US troop surge is failing to bring peace to the country, the leader of the Democratic majority in the US Congress, Harry Reid, said Thursday.

Harry Reid Raises the White Flag: 'Iraq War is Lost'

"I believe...that this war is lost, and this surge is not accomplishing anything, as is shown by the extreme violence in Iraq this week," Reid said, on the same day US President George W. Bush was giving a speech at an Ohio town hall meeting defending the war on terror.

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Reid's apparent surrender message comes a day after an hour-long meeting Wednesday at the White House where the president told lawmakers directly he will not sign any bill that includes a timetable for troop withdrawal, and they made it clear Congress will send him one anyway.

"We believe he must search his soul, his conscience and find out what is the right thing for the American people," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada told reporters after the session. "I believe signing this bill will do that."

But White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said, "It appears that they are determined to send a bill to the president that he won't accept. They fundamentally disagree."