Political Quotes

“I am honored today to join in a bipartisan initiative to introduce legislation based upon the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group. I proudly stand with my distinguished colleagues--you, Mr. President, as well as Senators Alexander, Bennett, Pryor, and Gregg--in affirming that this bill will offer a new way forward for the United States in Iraq. The detailed recommendations contained in this bill offer a comprehensive blueprint for renewed diplomacy, restructured economic assistance, and a redeployment of U.S. military forces in Iraq to emphasize training and equipping of Iraqi security forces, conducting limited counterterrorism missions, and protecting our own forces. These recommendations were issued in December 2006, over 5 months ago, but, if anything, their utility is even more apparent today. Our troops should not be refereeing a civil war. And so this Congress and the President must come together--must come together--to form and to forge a new path. The Iraq Study Group's final report is the only comprehensive plan on the table to do that.”