DEBORAH AMOS, host: From the studios of NPR West, this is DAY TO DAY. I'm Deborah Amos sitting in for Alex Chadwick.</s>MADELEINE BRAND, host: And I'm Madeleine Brand. Coming up, a refugee from Iraq settles into a new life in Boise, Idaho.</s>DEBORAH AMOS, host: We also talk with an Iraqi psychiatrist about the traumas ordinary Iraqis are experiencing.</s>MADELEINE BRAND, host: First though, the White House continues to call for patience with its Iraq strategy. Here is White House Press Secretary Tony Snow on CBS's "The Early Show" this morning.</s>Mr. TONY SNOW (White House Press Secretary): I understand what Americans want, which is Americans pulling back off the major combat roles and eventually being there in supports roles, as the Baker-Hamilton Commission recommended some time ago and as the president's been talking about since as early as January. So we agree with that goal.</s>MADELEINE BRAND, host: And on the Senate floor today, Republican Senator John McCain, fresh from a trip to Iraq, reiterated his support. He said the current military strategy have shown some progress.</s>DEBORAH AMOS, host: But Democrats continue to pressure the president. Senator Carl Levin is co-sponsoring an amendment to begin a reduction and phased pull-out of troops in 120 days. And here's what he said today...</s>Senator CARL LEVIN (Democrat, Michigan): The open-ended occupation of a Muslim country by the West has played right into the hands of al-Qaida. And we need to bring it to a responsible end.
The White House continues to call for patience with its Iraq strategy as Democrats pressure the president for a change. Democratic Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, is co-sponsoring legislation that would begin a reduction and phased pullout of troops in 120 days.