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Kendrick Meek: “This bill puts also enforcement behind what is already out there. There is no policy risk here in this bill. We know…”

On the recordMarch 20, 2007
This bill puts also enforcement behind what is already out there. There is no policy risk here in this bill. We know that the Iraq Study Group says that we should have timelines. That is in this bill. We know that the military, as it relates to readiness, and we know that there are four basic components to readiness, you have, for instance, we have 100 Striker brigades that are in our military right now. We know in every Striker vehicle you have to have a commander, a gunner and a driver. We need to make sure that we have all three of those components before we send a Striker force into Iraq or Afghanistan. That is in this bill, and that is what the military calls for. I think it is important to also outline that there is not a National Guard unit that is right now in our National Guard force that is combat ready. Right now, I say that with great confidence. We don't have that right now.
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Kendrick Meek
Florida
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Discussing military readiness and the provisions of a bill related to the Iraq War.

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