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Jim Saxton: “I believe it is time that this House go on record and vote on whether emergency funding bills should have a troop…”

On the recordApril 19, 2007
I believe it is time that this House go on record and vote on whether emergency funding bills should have a troop withdrawal timeline. I want to reiterate to my colleagues the message that we are sending if we include such a timeline in this bill. Make no mistake, it is nothing less than a date certain for surrender. Some in this Congress believe that the withdrawal timeline will send a message to the Iraqi Government to get serious about taking the lead and stabilizing Iraq. This is a flawed argument. It is flawed because it fails to address the collateral effects, the other effects and damage this message will do to the Iraqi people, the United States, to our allies, and to future American generations. A surrender timeline for our troops will send a very clear message to al Qaeda, to the Sunni insurgent groups, and to the Shiite militias in Iraq. It will tell them that Americans no longer have the stomach to see this through.
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Addressing the implications of a troop withdrawal timeline during a debate on emergency funding bills.

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