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Robin Carnahan: “I have got to jump in here. The point that I think we all saw in the aftermath of the hurricanes was the incredible…”

On the recordNovember 8, 2005
I have got to jump in here. The point that I think we all saw in the aftermath of the hurricanes was the incredible spirit of the American people rising to the occasion when their government, the people in charge of our government now, frankly, did not live up to the expectation and that spirit of the rest of the country. And the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Delahunt) was talking about rebuilding. What about rebuilding the damaged relations all around the globe that have occurred because of the way we got into Iraq? We are going to be dealing with that for years and years to come. Not only is it hurting us economically but hurting us in terms of our relationships around the world, and that affects us here at home in what we can do. But it gets back to the issues we have talked about tonight about priorities in leadership, and there is such a disconnect with this leadership. They are so out of touch.
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Robin Carnahan
Missouri
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