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Bill Delahunt: “We have already had the evidence of that. It has been demonstrated very, very clearly. I remember the Secretary of…”

On the recordApril 28, 2004
We have already had the evidence of that. It has been demonstrated very, very clearly. I remember the Secretary of Defense speaking to the fact that there was some 70,000 Iraqi security forces. Well, the truth is that there were about 3,000 of them that had actually received some 2 weeks of training. That is not being honest and forthcoming with the Congress of the United States and the American people. And then we learn during their first encounter about one in every 10 of Iraq security forces actually work against U.S. troops during the recent militia violence in Iraq, and an additional 40 percent walked off the job because of intimidation, the commander of the first armored division said Wednesday, and that is Major General Martin Dempsey.
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Bill Delahunt
Massachusetts

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Discussing the effectiveness of Iraqi security forces during a House floor debate.

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