Robin Carnahan: “the Iraq supplemental will be coming to the floor this week, and it brings together many of the recommendations that we…”

“the Iraq supplemental will be coming to the floor this week, and it brings together many of the recommendations that we have heard from the nonpartisan Iraq Study Group, from the Pentagon and the President himself, but it provides more resources for our troops in the field and when they come home, and finally provides accountability for this administration. First, the legislation demands that the Iraqi Government meet benchmarks the President himself outlined earlier this year. Second, the legislation calls for responsible redeployment out of Iraq at the beginning of next year. The Democratic Congress did not come up with this date out of the blue. This was in the recommendations from the Iraq Study Group. Third, the supplemental includes important funding for our military that was requested by the Pentagon. This week marks an important milestone to begin a new direction in Iraq and begin to phase our troops home, and to bring about a regional solution for what is going on in the Middle East.”