I think you'll see a substantial change in the government. I think -- this -- no mistake about it, this is President Bush's war. This election will all be about the war.
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John Murtha emphasizes that the upcoming election will focus on the Iraq war and its implications for the government.
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The Iraqi leaders are not stepping up to unit and rebuild the country.
The president kept talking about the last election being a mandate for him to go forward in Iraq. Well, this election was the opposite. This election was for -- to re -- redeploy the troops and my plan, which is the opposite of his plan…
The policy, of course, comes from the White House. It doesn't come from the secretary of defense. So just changing the secretary of defense doesn't necessarily mean that you're going to get a change in direction.
Let me just mention to the gentleman, 85 of the 90 members of the RSC receive, RSC which you just mentioned, receive earmarks in this total of this $436 million.





