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Bill Delahunt: “I will just follow the gentleman from Hawaii (Mr. Abercrombie) by saying that when I first heard the President in…”

On the recordJuly 14, 2003
I will just follow the gentleman from Hawaii (Mr. Abercrombie) by saying that when I first heard the President in response to attacks on U.S. soldiers in the way that he does suggest bring them on, I remember wanting to say to the President that what we should be doing, President Bush, is to bring allies on to this coalition and make it a genuine coalition of democracies to assist in terms of the reconstruction so that American taxpayers do not bear the burden almost exclusively and that American men and women who have served admirably can come home.
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Bill Delahunt
Massachusetts
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the need for a coalition to support U.S. soldiers and reconstruction efforts.

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