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Fri 04 Apr 2007Bush set to veto Senate Bill on troop pull-outUS:The US Senate has approved a Bill that would make funding for the Iraq war conditional on a commitment to withdraw combat troops within a year, triggering a showdown with President George Bush.The president has promised to veto the measure, which was passed by 51 votes to 46 in the Senate yesterday and by 218 votes to 208 in the House of Representatives on Wednesday. White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said: "You heard the phrase that some things are dead on arrival. This is dead before arrival."