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Bob Menendez: “Yes, we are happy to have a debate, but it doesn't take 30 hours to come to the same conclusion the American people have…”

On the recordFebruary 26, 2008
Yes, we are happy to have a debate, but it doesn't take 30 hours to come to the same conclusion the American people have clearly come to in this country: that continual engagement in the war in Iraq and the course we are on is not in the national interests of the United States. They have come through the common sense Americans always show. This is overwhelmingly the conclusion of a great majority of Americans. They understand. It doesn't take us 30 hours to do that. We can have an open, honest, and intelligent debate with a few Members on each side making the case for their respective points of view, but we don't have to take 30 hours in order to get to that goal so that we can move to the other important business of the Senate.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the need for efficient debate on the war in Iraq during Senate floor discussion.

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