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Hon. Joseph M. Hoeffel: “A year and a half ago, Mr. Speaker, a number of us started what we call Iraq Watch. We began to come to this floor once…”

On the recordNovember 17, 2004
A year and a half ago, Mr. Speaker, a number of us started what we call Iraq Watch. We began to come to this floor once a week to talk about Iraq, to talk about the problems that we saw with our policy there, to ask questions and to suggest changes in our national policy. Now, a year and a half later, like the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Crane), I will be leaving this House, and yet the questions regarding our policy in Iraq remain. Things have changed in Iraq over the last year and a half, but some of the fundamental problems that were apparent at the beginning of our involvement remain today and plague us today and challenge our best national interest today.
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Hon. Joseph M. Hoeffel
Pennsylvania
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Discussing the ongoing issues with U.S. policy in Iraq during a speech on the House floor.

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