I would not hesitate to do so again if I agreed, but I cannot agree with the language requiring that not later than 120 days after enactment to have phased redeployment of U.S. forces, with the goal of redeploying by March 31, 2008, all U.S. combat forces in Iraq. The thrust of the language in the bill, however, is to leave Iraq in a year, something that will ensure defeat--as setting a timetable simply enables our opponents to wait us out.
Discussing an amendment related to U.S. military redeployment in Iraq.
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