WASHINGTON -- A Senate leader said Sunday there is broad support for toppling Saddam Hussein but that it is too early to take military action against Iraq.
"We've got to win the war on terror, we've got to stabilize Afghanistan. We have to do all that we can to ensure that we succeed there before we take on another mission," Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle said.
A senior Bush administration official said any attack on Iraq probably would wait until next year, but that President Bush has yet to sign off on the time, scope or manner of such a campaign.
Daschle, D-S.D., said on ABC's "This Week" that there is "strong bipartisan support" and "probably world support" for ousting Saddam.
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