Political Quotes

“in the last week, two Vietnam veterans, one Democrat, one Republican, one in the House, one in the Senate, came to the same conclusion: the present course is not succeeding and is not working. Both have different solutions and different recommendations. Senator Hagel has his. Congressman Murtha has his. Senator McCain has his. Congressman Skelton has his. But what all of them have in common is that the present course is not succeeding. Doing more of the same and expecting a different result is failing our troops and failing our country. These policies and the policies the President has are not succeeding. But the reason each of these men has come forward with a recommendation is because all we are offered is more of the same. It is a policy void of leading us to a strategy of success and victory and departure. This is not a discussion about relitigating the past. It is a debate about how we succeed and exit, not about how we got in, but how we get out with victory. Now, I would think that after a series of the last 2\1/2\ years, what we can be criticized for here in this House is not for raising questions but for not having raised questions. We have given the administration an appropriated $450 billion, everything they have asked for. They have gotten everything from this Congress. Our role is to appropriate. We have appropriated. What we have not done is ask the questions, and we deserve criticism for not having had oversight, not having asked questions.…”