The U.S. military death toll hit a seven-month high [1]of 50 on Wednesday — with more than half the losses in Baghdad as American forces wage growing street battles against Shiite fighters.

4,063 deaths [2] since the beginning of the war, March, 2003.

Bush wants an "indefinite suspension of troop withdrawals [3]."

Republicans remain almost unanimously opposed to any required withdrawal timeline, but they supported opening the debate because they want to draw attention to the decreased violence [4]and other military progress in Iraq since the United States sent an additional 30,000 U.S. troops there last year.

At least some people are not losing focus and are still trying to stop the war [5].