House Proceeding on Feb 14th, 2007 :: 11:01:19 to 11:06:41
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Speech By: Nathan Deal

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Nathan Deal: does not support our military. this ignores the more than 3,100 men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice. we turn our backs on the 3,100 when we pass a resolution like this. and we also

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Ben Chandler: turn our backs on those that are doing the hard work in iraq today. when i have had opportunities to visit those who have served from my district who have come back, i have not heard one word of

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Speech By: Ben Chandler

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Ben Chandler: complaining, not one word of whining, no wringing of hands, only an opportunity to serve. and so i urge my colleagues to stand up for the troops, stand up for the military, stand up

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Ben Chandler: for those who have done the hard work, stand up for those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. vote down this resolution and send a message that we stand with those who stand for freedom

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Ben Chandler: and hope and opportunity. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from american samoa is recognized. mr. faleomavaega: madam speaker, i submit it's not general petraeus we are questioning here. it

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Ben Chandler: is the decision of our commander in chief, our president, decision t majority leader, and chairman ike skelton for their leadership on this issue, and thank you very much for scheduling this debate.

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Ben Chandler: i'm confident that the american people are already appreciative of this debate. madam speaker, four years ago shortly before i was elected to this body the president of the united states convinced

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Ben Chandler: this congress that dictator saddam hussein had in his possession weapons of mass destruction. and that he was prepared to use those weapons against our country. the world now knows that he was wrong.

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Ben Chandler: and history will decide whether that intelligence was manipulated or whether it was an honest mistake. but this evening, madam speaker, the invasion we all know happened. we captured baghdad and we

11:03:56 to 11:04:13( Edit History Discussion )

Ben Chandler: arrested saddam hussein and he has now been convicted and executed. but the search for weapons of mass destruction revealed that there were no weapons whatsoever. our aim then turned to

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Ben Chandler: helping the iraqi people create a democratic government with free and fair elections. a constitution was ratified and elected representatives are now making decisions on what's best for their

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Ben Chandler: country. the iraqi government has a security force in place and we are assisting in training them to defend their country. in four years of fighting, the brave men and women of our armed forces

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Ben Chandler: have accomplished every mission put before them. they have performed admirably and completed all that is possibly militarily possible in iraq. there is an -- a problem on the ground in iraq. the

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Ben Chandler: tensions between the sectarian groups are centuries old. we all know that. and our continued presence in exacerbating those tensions. it is no longer a military problem but a political problem

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Ben Chandler: best resolved through diplomacy. it is clear, madam speaker, that a continued open-ended military action is not in the best interest of our country. it's not in the best interest of the iraqi people,

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Ben Chandler: or the citizens of the persian gulf region. we have reached the point where we need to turn iraq over to the iraqis. iraqis know that. . so that the iraqis will know the u.s. is not an

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Ben Chandler: occupying force. we have lost 3,000 lives. we have heard that over the last two days and so many injuries are permanent. the financial cost of this war has seen $400 billion. and the president

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Ben Chandler: is seeking $245 billion to finance the over the next 18 months. madam speaker, if those funds were invested in rural america, there is no question that we would improve thousands of lives

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Ben Chandler: in our own country. our military and their families are tremendously strained. some troops are on their fourth and fifth deployments. military costs are skyrocketing. further strains will leave this

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Ben Chandler: country unprepared for a wide range of threats that now exists. at a cost of the american taxpayer of nearly $2 billion a week, we will not have the resources needed to prepare for the wide

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Cliff Stearns: variety of future threats that our country may have to face and for our domestic needs at home. america has a problem and we must fix it. this debate this evening is the first step in

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Speech By: Cliff Stearns