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Louise Slaughter: But we are here today to debate much more than procedure, Mr. Speaker. We meet today on the fourth day of the fifth year…

On the recordMarch 22, 2007
But we are here today to debate much more than procedure, Mr. Speaker. We meet today on the fourth day of the fifth year of the war in Iraq, a conflict that has gone on longer than the Korean War, even longer than the Second World War, that war being fought against the greatest threat to world security.
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Louise Slaughter
New York

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Discussing the importance of the U.S. Troops Readiness, Veterans' Health and Iraq Accountability Act.

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