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Phil Gingrey: I think if you look at their funding trail though you would find that they haven't contributed probably too much support…

On the recordSeptember 10, 2007
I think if you look at their funding trail though you would find that they haven't contributed probably too much support in any way, shape, or form to Republican Members. But hears what they say about General Petraeus: ``General Petraeus is a military man constantly at war with the facts. In 2004, just before the election, he said there was 'tangible progress' in Iraq and that `Iraqi leaders are stepping forward.' ``And last week Petraeus, the architect of the escalation of troops in Iraq, said `We say we have achieved progress, and we are obviously going to do everything we can to build on that progress.' '' Then their final paragraph, I skipped the middle one, they say: ``Most importantly, General Petraeus will not admit what everyone knows: Iraq is mired in an unwinnable religious civil war. We may hear of a plan to withdraw a few thousand American troops. ``But we won't hear what Americans are desperate to hear: a timetable for withdrawing all our troops, General Petraeus has actually said, will need to stay in Iraq for as long as 10 years.'' Finally, they say, MoveOn.org, today, before Congress and before the American people, General Petraeus is likely to become General Betray Us.
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Phil Gingrey
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Discussing General Petraeus and the situation in Iraq during a speech on the House floor.

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