George Lemieux: “I want to join my colleagues in commending the President for his recommendation for the additional troops. I think it's…”

It falls upon the United States to shoulder the burden in issues such as terrorism and dealing with rogue countries.

Mr. President, when this oil washes up on shore, when we have failed to respond to the offers of assistance from foreign countries, it's not just oil that's washing up on shore. It's failure.

Do you expect that the amount of troops fully deployed by August will be a sufficient complement to what you need to accomplish the mission?

I believe the President was poorly advised.