Roger Wicker: “Actually, it is not usually my practice to come before this House and defend the New York Times. But it was actually an…”

“Actually, it is not usually my practice to come before this House and defend the New York Times. But it was actually an advertisement, a full-page advertisement taken out in the New York Times by the ultra-leftist group, moveon.org. I have a copy of it right here. Mr. Speaker, it is by George Soros and moveon.org. It says: 'General Petraeus or general betray us? Cooking the books for the White House.' I was astonished to see even moveon.org attack the messenger as they did today and attack the credibility and integrity and, if you please, the patriotism of this great servant who has served so many years in the military and who was confirmed unanimously in the United States Senate. It was and is an insult. It shows the level to which the opponents of this surge and those who would legislate defeat in Iraq would go.”