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House Proceeding 04-08-08 on Apr 8th, 2008 :: 0:15:03 to 0:18:26
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Sheila Jackson-Lee

0:12:04 to 0:15:03( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Sheila Jackson-Lee

Sheila Jackson-Lee

0:14:48 to 0:15:03( Edit History Discussion )

Sheila Jackson-Lee: probably the majority of sunni communities across iraq have rejected al qaeda and more importantly extremist ideology have been repelled by its indiscriminate violence and and who are the

F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner

0:15:03 to 0:15:18( Edit History Discussion )

F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: practices that they have brought to their communities as they let them into their communities for a whole variety of reasons in the early years after liberation. this is very, very significant,

F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner

0:15:03 to 0:18:26( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner

F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner

0:15:18 to 0:15:32( Edit History Discussion )

F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: again not just for iraq, but for the broader arab world. and in fact, over time, the answer to al qaeda iraq is not going to be to kill or capture every single one of them, it is going

F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner

0:15:32 to 0:15:47( Edit History Discussion )

F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: to be painstaking changes in education systems in arab countries, it's going to be changes in some cases -- there's a country in the middle east that is working through determining who is preaching

F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner

0:15:47 to 0:16:02( Edit History Discussion )

F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: in its mosques. it's going to be a course of employment and other opportunities. but it has to be a comprehensive effort to combat extremism and the conditions that lead young men in particular

F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner

0:16:02 to 0:16:18( Edit History Discussion )

F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: in the arab world to embrace it, particularly in the sunni arab world. so the rejection in iraq is very, very important. and the chain reaction that set off from there in ramadi again has

F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner

0:16:18 to 0:16:30( Edit History Discussion )

F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: huge significance, not just for iraq, but for the region. >> if i could go into another area. senator dodd talked about the mental health of the troops. senator isakson talked about the physical

F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner

0:16:30 to 0:16:46( Edit History Discussion )

F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: health of the troops and what is being done with physical medicine, my training as an orthopedic surgeon, i had just gotten back and gone to the hospital there and watched the transport and

F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner

0:16:46 to 0:17:05( Edit History Discussion )

F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: the lifesaving techniques. i thought they had the best equipment you can imagine. i went into the operating room and watched the reconstruction of a leg that had been severely injured. the equipment,

F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner

0:17:05 to 0:17:25( Edit History Discussion )

F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: the plates, the screws, the rods, everything they had is what you would expect to find at any major trauma center in the united states and i thought the level of care was outstanding in terms

F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner

0:17:25 to 0:17:44( Edit History Discussion )

F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: of limb and lifesaving abilities. >> it is phenomenal. and it is present in a variety of different locations, so it's within the golden hour, if you will, from point of injury to trying

F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner

0:17:44 to 0:18:06( Edit History Discussion )

F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: to get the soldier to the location where that level of care is available if needed. >> and in afghanistan what i saw was actually the transport system was better than what you would find at pretty

F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner

0:18:06 to 0:18:26( Edit History Discussion )

F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: much any major trauma center in the united states in terms of quick access in the golden hour of trauma. and i want to make sure in iraq, our soldiers are receiving that same level of

Barbara Lee

0:18:26 to 0:18:50( Edit History Discussion )

Barbara Lee: care. >> it is. senator, that's one of the elements of this battlefield. that even as we draw down, we have to make sure we have sufficient footprint out there so that advisor teams and

Barbara Lee

0:18:26 to 0:20:43( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Barbara Lee

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