Rep. Rahm Emanuel said "President Kennedy once said, ``An error does not become a mistake until you refuse to correct it. Without debate, without criticism no administration and no country can succeed and no republic can survive. Today, Members of this House and this Chamber have refused and said it is not time to have hearings in this Congress over what we have seen recently in Iraq. The men and women over there serving their country, our country, our friends, our neighbors, our constituents, are making us proud. This Congress has an obligation to ask questions of how and why this occurred, no matter where the criticism leads. Our troops should not be used as scapegoats. Our civilian leaders need to be asked the questions, the Congress, all of us who got elected, all of us who take a pledge have a requirement to ask questions and seek the answers that our constituents sent us here." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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President Kennedy once said, ``An error does not become a mistake until you refuse to correct it. Without debate, without criticism no administration and no country can succeed and no republic can survive. Today, Members of this House and this Chamber have refused and said it is not time to have hearings in this Congress over what we have seen recently in Iraq. The men and women over there serving their country, our country, our friends, our neighbors, our constituents, are making us proud. This Congress has an obligation to ask questions of how and why this occurred, no matter where the criticism leads. Our troops should not be used as scapegoats. Our civilian leaders need to be asked the questions, the Congress, all of us who got elected, all of us who take a pledge have a requirement to ask questions and seek the answers that our constituents sent us here.

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Rep. Rahm Emanuel

Illinois

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Editor's note · Context

Addressing the need for Congressional hearings on recent events in Iraq.

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