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On the recordJanuary 10, 2007
I don't serve on the Armed Services Committee, but it is my guess that redeploying troops is also a very expensive endeavor-- maybe as expensive as deploying them and holding a position. So I don't know if there will be a savings if there is a redeployment. Although I voted against the use of force resolution that led to the invasion, I voted for every penny this administration asked for for the troops. I believe--and I think my fellow colleagues on the Democratic side, and I am sure on the Republican side--that they don't want to shortchange the troops either as they stay in Iraq or if they are redeployed from Iraq. I would judge the supplemental under those circumstances. What will it cost to redeploy them safely?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Discussing the financial implications of troop redeployment during a Senate floor debate.

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