'''Russell Dana "Russ" Feingold''' (b. March 2, 1953) is the extremely liberal, junior [[United States Senator]] from the state of [[Wisconsin]].
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'''Russell Dana "Russ" Feingold''' (b. March 2, 1953) is the extremely [[liberal]], junior [[United States Senator]] from the state of [[Wisconsin]]. He has served in the senate since 1993.
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Feingold was the first senator to call for a specific date for troop withdrawal of U.S. forces in the [[Iraq War]] on August 17, 2005. When [[President Bush]] pointed out a specific timetable would play into the terrorists' hands, Feingold actually iterated the dazed position that not having a timetable was advantageous for the terrorists.<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/17/AR2005081701778.html</ref>