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On the recordMarch 10, 2010
They can likewise vote against the annual and supplemental appropriations that fund the war. What Members ought not be able to do is to waste 3 full hours of the House's time debating a resolution founded, at best, on a mistake and, at worst, a willful intention to pretend that recent history that we did authorize this war by a 420-1 vote can be dropped into the ``memory hole.'' No matter what Members believe about the war in Afghanistan, this resolution deserves to fail.
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Gary Ackerman
New York
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Mar 10, 2010

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Ackerman criticizes a resolution related to the war in Afghanistan and its historical context.

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