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Douglas Alexander: “I believe the election last November was as much about the conduct of business in Washington, DC, as it was about the…”

On the recordApril 24, 2007
I believe the election last November was as much about the conduct of business in Washington, DC, as it was about the conduct of the war in Iraq. I think most people--and I have said this many times--most people want to see us acting like grownups dealing with big issues. They know that while we have our principles and we have our politics, there are some issues before us that are simply too big for one political party to solve. We have not reached the point on Iraq where we can do that. I am hopeful we can. We need a political settlement here as much as Iraq needs one there. But we have reached--or we are close to reaching--a political settlement on the other great issue we are debating this week; that is, competitiveness. This is a great big issue. This is of concern to Tennesseans in every county where I go.
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Douglas Alexander
Labour Party
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Discussing the importance of addressing Iraq and competitiveness during Senate debate.

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