Mike Thompson: “I yield myself 10 seconds to correct some disinformation that the…”

On the recordJune 15, 2006

I yield myself 10 seconds to correct some disinformation that the previous speaker put out. It should be noted that this Chamber was near united on going into Afghanistan. Moreover, we believed strongly that is where we should have been. So it wasn't anywhere close to what he explained. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3\1/2\ minutes to my friend from Tennessee (Mr. Tanner), who served 4 years active duty in the U.S. Navy and retired as a full bird colonel after 26 years with the Tennessee National Guard. (Mr. TANNER asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

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