WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (Xinhuanet) -- Most Americans don't believe US President George W. Bush's "victory plan" for Iraq, despite a series of his recent speeches on the issue, a latest survey found.
According to results of the new CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll released Tuesday, fifty-eight percent of the respondents said the president doesn't have a clear plan on Iraq, compared to 38 percent who said he does.
Meanwhile, nearly three out of five Americans, 59 percent, said they disapproved of the way Bush is handling Iraq as 39 percent said they approve.
The approval number was up slightly from last month, when a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll found 63 percent of Americans disapproved ofBush's Iraq policy and 35 percent said they approved.
The results came after efforts by Bush and other administrationofficials to promote what they claimed to be the "National Strategy for Victory in Iraq."
On Monday in Philadelphia, Bush gave his third of four speechesdesigned to boost support for the war and the administration's handling of it.
However, Sen. Carl Levin, the ranking Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, said that the president made a "wishy-washy statement" on his Iraq policy.
"We must tell the Iraqis, we've done our part -- we've done more than our part. Now it's up to you to get your political housein order," he said.
Rep. John Murtha, the hawkish Democrat who has increasingly spoken out against the administration in recent weeks, said Bush is following a flawed strategy.
"The current strategy envisions a continuation of an open-endednation-building commitment by the U.S. military," he said. "Now, what's wrong with that is that nation building is something our military does not do well." Enditem
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