Senate wants Iraqi invite for US troops

Senate wants Iraqi invite for US troops:

"Top Senate leaders want the United States to seek a formal invitation from the new Iraqi government to keep American troops in the country.

Senators John Warner, R-Va., and Carl Levin, D-Mich., who head the Senate Armed Services Committee, asked Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to discuss the matter with the Iraqi government. They contend that if U.S. and other foreign forces remain in Iraq at the request of the government they will be less likely to be seen as occupiers and more as a helpful security presence."