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Cord Byrd: “He used these words: ``We have no stomach to stay there.'' The question is, How long and at what cost? Stay there how…”

On the recordJanuary 11, 2007
He used these words: ``We have no stomach to stay there.'' The question is, How long and at what cost? Stay there how long? How long are the American taxpayers and mothers and fathers going to put up with the use of their sons and daughters and their money? How long are they going to continue to want to--I shouldn't say it that way--how long are they going to continue to put up with this expenditure of blood and money and for what?
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Cord Byrd
Florida

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Addressing the costs and consequences of military engagement.

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