William Pryor: “let me say that I am very honored today to join my friends, Senator Salazar of Colorado and Senator Alexander of…”

“let me say that I am very honored today to join my friends, Senator Salazar of Colorado and Senator Alexander of Tennessee, in their efforts to try to restore some nonpartisanship to our discussion on Iraq. I feel very strongly that we should never have a party-line vote on Iraq. We have 160,000 troops on the ground. It is just too important an issue for one party to take one side, the other party to take another side, and for the White House to do one thing and Congress to do another. In fact, we talk often in this Chamber about how there needs to be a political solution inside Baghdad. The truth is, there needs to be a political resolution inside of Washington, DC, when it comes to Iraq. I am honored to lend my name today to this effort by Senator Salazar and Senator Alexander. One thing I have noticed in the last several weeks and months--maybe in the last year--when it comes to Iraq is that there is a lot of rhetoric. To be honest, that is not helpful. It is not bringing our troops home earlier. It is not providing more stability inside Iraq. It is not allowing Iraq to function as a sovereign nation. We need to tone down the rhetoric and roll up our sleeves and work through this together.”