Senate Proceeding on Oct 1st, 2009 :: 2:42:25 to 2:45:35
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Carl Levin: has said, we need to hear these military leaders. mr. president, i reserve the the presiding officer: the

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Speech By: Carl Levin

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Carl Levin: mr. levin: mr. president, how much time is remaining on our side? the presiding officer: the senator has seven minutes remaining. mr. yield myself two minutes, mr. president. mr. president, it's clear that a number of things are happening. one is there's a deliberative process going on. there's not much doubt in my

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Carl Levin: mind that the clock is ticki e question is -- and it is what general mcchrystal says -- get your strategy straight. take the time to get your strategy straight. he also recommends that there's going to be new resources, whatever the strategy.

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Carl Levin: are his words -- "take the time to get your strategy right." now, we can time that the president deserves and president bush took to get the strategy rig, be jeopardizing lives, men and women who put on the uniform of

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Carl Levin: the united states, if there is a wrong strategy in place. now, the clock was particula iraq. back in september of 2006, there was a recommendation that there be a change in strategy in iraq. that there be a surge of troops.

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Carl Levin: the recommendation was made by general kean in 2506, start a surge. for over three months, while the clock was ticking, bush considered whether or not to change the and he finally changed january of 2007,

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Carl Levin: four months to make that decision. you know what? he got the strategy right, finally, in january of 2007. because the surge had a positive effect. but he took decision. we did not put pressure on him by calling a commander from the field, who apparently had a very

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Carl Levin: different perspective hearings during that process. we res we didn't try to put pressure on the president of the united states by calling commander general casey in to tell us, no, we don't need more which is apparently what he would have told us -- while the president of the united states

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Carl Levin: wa additional troops. the analogy is incredibly close to what is going on now. we should be treating the president of the united states respect for the deliberative process that we provided