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Chuck Hagel: This is not a defeatist resolution. This is not a cut and run resolution. We are not talking about cutting off funds…

On the recordJanuary 23, 2007
This is not a defeatist resolution. This is not a cut and run resolution. We are not talking about cutting off funds, not supporting the troops.
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Chuck Hagel
Republican · Nebraska

Editor's note · Context

Hagel clarifies the intent of the Senate resolution regarding the president's troop increase plan.

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