U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012.  REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov  (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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WASHINGTON | Tue May 5, 2009 12:58pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of a key committee in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Tuesday he was determined to have a new climate change bill passed by the end of the year.

"We are determined to pass a bill by this year," Representative Henry Waxman told reporters.

The bill is crucial for the U.S. position in international talks on global warming in December.

(Reporting by Ross Colvin, Editing by Sandra Maler)

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