Walter B. Jones: “today at 12 o'clock in the Liberty Caucus, which is a group of about 9 or 10 of us who meet in Mr. Ron Paul's office, we…”

“today at 12 o'clock in the Liberty Caucus, which is a group of about 9 or 10 of us who meet in Mr. Ron Paul's office, we had retired Lieutenant General Greg Newbold, who spoke to us; and I have met with General Newbold in my office a couple of times. I am very impressed with this gentleman and his integrity and his honesty, and I want to read just a couple of paragraphs from a Time magazine article. It is entitled, ``Why Iraq Was a Mistake, A military insider sounds off against the war and the `zealots' who pushed it.'' This article is not written by a reporter for Time magazine. This article was written by Lieutenant General Greg Newbold, Retired, and I just want to read a couple of paragraphs because I think he makes such a great point. Again, this article is April 9, 2006. I met with him in my office in May of this year. This is paragraph one of two I want to read for the Record. ``From 2000 until October 2002, I was a Marine Corps lieutenant general and director of operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. After 9/11, I was a witness and therefore a party to the action that led us to the invasion of Iraq, an unnecessary war. Inside the military family, I made no secret of my view that the zealots' rationale for war made no sense. And I think I was outspoken enough to make those senior to me uncomfortable.…”