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I. Polls Taken of Americans

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A. CNN Poll: March 9-11, 2007

• Subjects: 1,027 adults nationwide
• Margin of Error: +/-3%
• The asterisk (*) denotes that information for these dates was collected in previous surveys by the poll’s publisher, and supplied for comparison; exact date, subject number and margin of error are not indicated

I.A.1. "In general, how would you say things are going for the U.S. in Iraq: very well, moderately well, moderately badly or very badly?"
Date Taken	Very Well	Moderately Well	Moderately Badly	Very Badly	Unsure
March 9-11, 2007	3%	26%	32%	35%	4%
Sept. 29-Oct. 2, 2006*	6%	32%	30%	32%	-
Sept. 22-24, 2006*	6%	32%	28%	33%	2%
June 14-15, 2006*	7%	34%	29%	26%	4%
June 8-11, 2006*	5%	38%	31%	23%	3%

I.A.2. "Do you think the United States is winning or not winning the war in Iraq?"
Date Taken	Is Winning	Is Not Winning	Unsure
March 9-11, 2007	29%	61%	9%
Nov. 17-19, 2006*	34%	61%	5%

I.A.3. "Do you think the United States can win or cannot win the war in Iraq?"
Date Taken	Can Win	Can Not Win	Unsure
March 9-11, 2007	46%	46%	8%
Nov. 17-19, 2006*	54%	43%	3%

I.A.4. "Do you think the United States will win or will not win the war in Iraq? 'Will not win' responses below includes those who said the U.S. 'cannot win' in the previous question."
Date Taken	Will Win	Will Not Win	Unsure
March 9-11, 2007	37%	54%	10%
Nov. 17-19, 2006*	40%	56%	5%

I.A.5. "Do you think the Bush Administration deliberately misled the American public about whether Iraq had weapons of mass destruction?"
Date Taken	Misled	Did Not	Unsure
March 9-11, 2007	54%	40%	7%

I.A.6. "Which of the following comes closest to your view? The U.S. should immediately begin to withdraw all of its troops from Iraq The U.S. should withdraw all its troops from Iraq within a year The U.S. should keep its troops in Iraq as long as is needed to turn control over to the Iraqi government"
Date Taken	Withdraw Now	Withdraw Within a Year	Stay As Long As Needed	Unsure
March 9-11, 2007	21%	37%	39%	4%

(Source: CNN , accessed March 20, 2007)  Conducted by the polling organization Opinion Research Corporation

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B. NBC News/ Wall Street Journal Poll: March 2-5, 2007

• Subjects: 1,007 adults nationwide
• Margin of Error: +/-3.1%
• The asterisk (*) denotes that information for these dates was collected in previous surveys by the poll’s publisher, and supplied for comparison; exact date, subject number and margin of error are not indicated

I.B.1. "In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job that George W. Bush is doing in handling the situation in Iraq?"
Date Taken	Approve	Disapprove	Unsure
March 2-5, 2007	27%	67%	6%
March 10-13, 2006*	35%	61%	4%
May 12-16, 2005*	44%	52%	4%

I.B.2. "Do you favor or oppose the decision to send an additional 21,500 troops to Iraq?" Favor: 31% Oppose: 63% Unsure: 6%

I.B.3. "What concerns you more - that Congress will go too far in pressing the President to reduce troop levels in Iraq, or that Congress will not go far enough in pressing the President to reduce troop levels in Iraq?" Too Far: 41% Not Far Enough: 51% Unsure: 8%

(Source: NBC News , Wall Street Journal, accessed March 14, 2007) Conducted by the polling organizations of NBC/Journal pollsters Peter Hart (D) and Neil Newhouse (R)

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C. USA Today/ Gallup Poll: March 2-4, 2007

• Subjects: 1,010 adults nationwide
• Margin of Error: +/-3%
• The asterisk (*) denotes that information for these dates was collected in previous surveys by the poll’s publisher, and supplied for comparison; exact date, subject number and margin of error are not indicated

I.C.1. "In view of the developments since we first sent our troops to Iraq, do you think the United States made a mistake in sending troops to Iraq, or not?"
Date Taken	Made a Mistake	Did Not Make a Mistake	Unsure
March 2-4, 2007	59%	39%	2%
March 10-12, 2006*	57%	42%	1%
March 18-20, 2005*	46%	51%	3%
March 24-25, 2003*	23%	75%	2%

I.C.2. "Which comes closer to your view about the war in Iraq? You think the U.S. will definitely win the war in Iraq You think the U.S. will probably win the war in Iraq You think the U.S. can win the war in Iraq, but you don't think it will win -or- You do no think the U.S. can win the war in Iraq."
Date Taken	Definitely Win	Probably Win	Can Win, but Won't	Cannot Win	Unsure
March 2-4, 2007	11%	17%	20%	46%	6%
Feb. 28-March 1, 2006*	24%	20%	18%	34%	5%
Sept. 16-18, 2005*	21%	22%	20%	34%	3%

I.C.3. "Here are four different plans the U.S. could follow in dealing with the war in Iraq. Which ONE do you prefer? Withdraw all troops from Iraq immediately Withdraw all troops by March 2008, that is, in 12 months' time Withdraw troops, but take as many years to do this as are needed to turn control over to the Iraqis. -or- Send more troops to Iraq"
Date Taken	Withdraw Immediately	Withdraw in 12 Months	Take As Long As Needed	Send More Troops	Unsure
March 2-4, 2007	20%	38%	26%	13%	3%
Jan. 12-14, 2007*	17%	39%	29%	13%	2%
Jan. 5-7, 2007*	15%	39%	31%	12%	2%

I.C.4. "Would you favor or oppose Congress taking the following actions in regards to the war in Iraq?" "Requiring U.S. Troops to come home from Iraq if Iraq's leaders fail to meet promises to reduce violence there" Favor: 77% Oppose: 20% Unsure: 3% "Requiring U.S. Troops returning from Iraq to stay in the U.S. for at least a year before being re-deployed to Iraq" Favor: 76% Oppose: 21% Unsure: 3% "Setting a time-table for withdrawing all U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of next year" Favor: 60% Oppose: 39% Unsure: 1% "Putting a cap or limit on the number of U.S. troops serving in Iraq at any one time" Favor: 54% Oppose: 42% Unsure: 5% "Voting to revoke the authority it granted President Bush in 2002 to use U.S. military force in Iraq" Favor: 44% Oppose: 52% Unsure: 4% "Denying the funding needed to send any additional U.S. troops to Iraq" Favor: 37% Oppose: 61% Unsure: 2%

(Source: USA Today , Gallup , accessed March 14, 2007)

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D. CNN/ USA Today/ Gallup Poll: April 29-May 1, 2005

• Place/Type of Interview: Telephone Interview
• Subjects: 1,006 randomly selected adults nationwide

I.D.1. "All in all, do you think it was worth going to war in Iraq?" Yes: 41% No: 57% No Opinion: 2% Margin of Error: +/- 5%

I.D.2. "In general, how would you say things are going for the United States in Iraq?" Well: 42% Badly: 56% No Opinion: 2% Margin of Error: +/- 5%

I.D.3. "In view of the developments since we first sent our troops to Iraq, do you think the United States made a mistake sending troops to Iraq?" Yes: 49% No: 48% No Opinion: 3% Margin of Error: +/- 3%

(Source: CNN, USA Today, Gallup Poll, May 4, 2005)

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E. Washington Post/ ABC News: March 17, 2003

• Place/Type of Interview: Telephone Interview
• Subjects: 510 randomly selected adults nationwide
• Margin of Error: +/- 5%
• The asterisk (*) denotes that information for these dates was collected in previous surveys by the poll’s publisher, and supplied for comparison; exact date, subject number and margin of error are not indicated

I.E.1. "Do you approve or disapprove of the way President George W. Bush is handling the situation with Iraq and Saddam Hussein?"
Date Taken	Approve	Disapprove	No Opinion
March 17, 2003	64%	29%	7%
March 9, 2003*	55%	38%	8%
Feb. 23, 2003*	55%	39%	6%

I.E.2. "Do you approve or disapprove of the way the United Nations is handling the situation with Iraq and Saddam Hussein?"
Date Taken	Approve	Disapprove	No Opinion
March 17, 2003	20%	75%	5%
Feb. 23, 2003*	38%	56%	6%

I.E.3. "Would you support or oppose the United States going to war with Iraq? Would you support/oppose it strongly or only somewhat?"
Date Taken	Support		Oppose		No Opinion
	Strongly	Somewhat	Strongly	Somewhat
March 17, 2003	54%	16%	19%	8%	3%
March 9, 2003*	40%	19%	21%	14	6%

I.E.4. "The Bush Administration says it will move to soon disarm Iraq and remove Saddam Hussein from power, by war if necessary, working with the countries that are willing to assist, even without the support of the United Nations. Overall, do you support or oppose this policy? If you support this policy, do you support this policy without reservations?" Support Without Reserve: 34% Support With Reserve: 24% Don't Know: 1% Oppose: 37% No Opinion: 4% Margin of Error: +/- 3%

I.E.5. "As you may know, today the Bush Administration said it would NOT have the United Nations Security Council vote on the war with Iraq. The U.S. might have lost the vote, and France said it would veto the resolution anyway. Do you support the Bush Administration's decision NOT to have the UN Security Council vote on the war with Iraq?" Support: 66% Oppose: 29% No Opinion: 5%

(Source:Washington Post, ABC, March 17, 2003)

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F. Washington Post/ABC News Poll: Feb. 6-9, 2003

• Type of Interview: Telephone interview
• Subjects: 1,001 randomly selected adults nationwide
• Margin of error: +/- 3.0%
• The asterisk (*) denotes that information for these dates was collected in previous surveys by the poll’s publisher, and supplied for comparison; exact date, subject number and margin of error are not indicated

I.F.1. "Would you favor (somewhat or strongly) or oppose (somewhat or strongly) having U.S. forces take military action against Iraq to force Saddam Hussein from power?"
Date Taken	Support			Oppose			No Opinion
	Net	Strongly	Somewhat	Net	Strongly	Somewhat
Feb. 9, 2003	66%	46%	21%	31%	17%	14%	2%
Feb. 5, 2003*	67%	45%	24%	27%	17%	11%	6%
Feb. 1, 2003*	66%	48%	19%	31%	18%	14%	3%
Jan. 28, 2003*	63%	43%	19%	32%	20%	13%	5%
Jan. 20, 2003*	57%	40%	17%	41%	25%	16%	3%
Dec. 15, 2002*	62%	41%	20%	35%	20%	15%	3%

I.F.2. Of those in favor of military action against Iraq to force Saddam Hussein from power: "What if the United Nations opposes such action - in that case, would you favor or oppose having U.S. forces take military action against Iraq?"
Date Taken	Favor	Oppose	No Opinion
Feb. 9, 2003	50%	47%	3%
Feb. 5, 2003*	49%	46%	3%
Feb. 1, 2003*	51%	46%	3%
Jan. 28, 2003*	46%	50%	4%
Jan. 27, 2003*	44%	52%	3%
Dec. 15, 20021	37%	58%	5%
1Wording: Would you favor or oppose having U.S. forces take military action against Iraq, even if the United Nations opposes such action?

I.F.3. Of those in favor of military action against Iraq to force Saddam Hussein from power: "What if the United Nations opposes such action but some U.S. allies such as Great Britain, Australia and Italy support - in that case would you favor or oppose having U.S. forces take military action against Iraq?" Favor: 57% Oppose: 40% No Opinion: 3% Margin of Error: +/- 3%

I.F.4. "Do you think the Bush Administration has or has not presented enough evidence to show why the United States should use military force to remove Saddam Hussein from power?"
Date Taken	Enough	Not Enough	No Opinion
Feb. 9, 2003	63%	34%	2%
Feb. 5, 2003*	61%	34%	5%
Feb. 1, 2003*	54%	41%	4%
Jan. 20, 2003*	48%	47%	6%

I.F.5. "Do you think the United States has or has not presented strong evidence showing that Iraq has chemical and biological weapons?"
Date Taken	Has	Has Not	No Opinion
Feb. 9, 2003	69%	34%	2%
Feb. 5, 2003*	71%	23%	6%

I.F.6. "Do you think the United States has or has not presented strong evidence showing that Iraq is trying to develop nuclear weapons?"
Date Taken	Has	Has Not	No Opinion
Feb. 9, 2003	62%	33%	5%
Feb. 5, 2003*	61%	30%	10%

I.F.7. "Do you think the United States has or has not presented strong evidence showing that Iraq has provided direct support to the Al Qaeda terrorist group?"
Date Taken	Has	Has Not	No Opinion
Feb. 9, 2003	55%	37%	8%
Feb. 5, 2003*	49%	37%	14%

I.F.8. "Do you think the United States has or has not presented strong evidence showing that Iraq is not cooperating with the United Nations weapons inspectors?"
Date Taken	Has	Has Not	No Opinion
Feb. 9, 2003	75%	21%	4%
Feb. 5, 2003*	73%	22%	4%

I.F.9. "Do you think the U.N. inspectors will or will not be able to find hard evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq?" Will: 38% Will Not: 55% No Opinion: 7% Margin of Error: +/- 3%

I.F.10. "What do you think is more important: For the United States to move quickly against Iraq, even if that means acting without international support? -or- For the United States to gain international support, even if that delays action against Iraq?"
Date Taken	Move Quickly	Gain Support	No Opinion
Feb. 9, 2003	37%	59%	4%
Feb. 5, 2003*	41%	55%	5%
Jan. 27, 2003*	31%	64%	5%

(Source: Washington Post , ABC, Feb. 11, 2003) The poll was conducted by the independent polling company TNS Intersearch.

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