Cliff Stearns: “When General Petraeus was unanimously supported by the Senate, it was…”

On the recordFebruary 16, 2007

When General Petraeus was unanimously supported by the Senate, it was with the idea that he would bring his new thoughts, his new strategy to this plan in Iraq. So don't you think, as members of this body, we should give General Petraeus an opportunity to implement his plan and not immediately come forward with a resolution that says that it is a disapproving of the decision to deploy more troops to Iraq? When we deployed more troops for the Iraqi elections, why didn't you complain then? That happened twice before. We went up to almost 160,000. When we deployed more troops to ratify the Iraqi constitution, why didn't you complain back then? That went up to almost 160,000.

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Cliff Stearns

Florida

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Discussing the deployment of troops in Iraq and support for General Petraeus's strategy.

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Cliff Stearns: “When General Petraeus was unanimously supported by the Senate, it was with the idea that he would bring his new…”

Editor's note · Context