Political Quotes

“I will speak to the Defense appropriations bill which is before the Senate and discuss the war in Iraq in the context of this bill. This bill includes $50 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Earlier this week, we added another $13.1 billion for emergency funding for the Army and Marine Corps to repair and replace badly needed equipment. I supported these additional funds and I support this bill. I have this vision in my mind of our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan driving down those dusty roads wondering if a bomb is going to explode, and I think about us in the safety of this Senate Chamber here at home. I think to myself, if it were my son or daughter in uniform serving our country, risking their lives, would I want them to have everything possible to come home safely? The answer is very obvious. Although I had great misgivings about the decision which led us into this war in Iraq. I was one of 23 Senators from both sides of the aisle who voted against the authorization of force that initiated this war. My belief at the time as a Member of the Senate Intelligence Committee was that the American people were not being given the full story, they were not being given the facts. We were told that Iraq was a great threat to the United States with weapons of mass destruction and nuclear weapons. We were told that there was some connection between September 11 and al-Qaida terrorism and Saddam Hussein and Iraq.…”