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Rich Neal: our men and women in the military have done everything that has been asked of them, and it's time for a new direction.…

On the recordJuly 12, 2007
our men and women in the military have done everything that has been asked of them, and it's time for a new direction. The reason we're here is because the Republican party never asked a question of the administration for all those years, not one question. They forfeited their oversight responsibilities. Remember the briefings in the well of this House; we know where the weapons of mass destruction are; according to the Secretary of Defense, they are in south Baghdad; we were going to be welcomed as liberators; the insurgency, as the Vice President stated it, is in its last throws; and finally, mission accomplished? Now we hear: But just give us more time. Stay the course. If we had asked some questions here along the way, and not been subservient to the White House, we wouldn't find ourselves where we are today, funeral upon funeral, 26,000 Americans wounded. Yet we are told by the White House, just give us more time for this policy to take root. How much more time? Vote for this resolution.
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Rich Neal
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Addressing the need for a new direction in U.S. military policy and criticizing Republican oversight.

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