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On the recordMarch 7, 2007
No more chances, no more wavers, no phony certifications, no more spending billions of dollars to send our children into the meat grinder that is Iraq.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Representative Schakowsky expresses strong opposition to continued military spending in Iraq and calls for immediate action to bring troops home.

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