NOW WHICH IS HE? FRENCH, GERMAN OR RUSSIAN?

Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Massachusetts, the Senate's most influential liberal voice, will announce Thursday he intends to vote against President Bush's $87 billion spending request for Iraq.

"When the roll is called on this $87 billion legislation, which provides no effective conditions for genuine international participation and a clear change in policy in Iraq, I intend to vote no," Kennedy will say, according to a copy of his upcoming floor speech obtained by CNN.