House Proceeding on Feb 14th, 2007 :: 8:12:21 to 8:13:34
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Speech By: Lee Terry

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Lee Terry: accomplished everything they have been asked to do in iraq courageously and with the professionalism that the nation expects. these troops have not let us down. but in many ways, they have

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William J. Jefferson: been let down by a policy that ignores the reality of their situation. and by a commander in chief whose only response is to place more american troops in harm's way while sectarian violence

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Speech By: William J. Jefferson

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William J. Jefferson: plays out in the streets of baghdad and other iraqi cities. day after day, u.s. service people are being killed and injured. for reasons that predated our involvement and which will likely

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William J. Jefferson: endure long beyond the time we leave iraq. for the past four years, i regret that the republican leadership of congress has and difficult indicated much of its oversight responsibility for

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William J. Jefferson: the iraq war and its funding. to date, the bush administration has not adequately explained to congress or the american people the reasons for our continued military involvement in iraq. in

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William J. Jefferson: announcing his intention to send more than 21,000 additional troops to iraq, last month, the president said it's time for the iraqi government to act, to take charge of their security

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and to begin to govern themselves. what we and the congress is saying, we believe the maliki government in iraq will be more apt to accomplish that goal if we do not send more troops into