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On the recordJune 15, 2006
I yield myself 1 minute. One of the Members said, ask Spain about the threat. Fifty-six percent of the population of Spain believes the U.S. in Iraq is the most dangerous threat to world peace. They rank Iran lesser of a threat than the United States. And one other thing. When we look back at the intelligence cuts, President Bush I felt it was a peace dividend and started to cut the intelligence budget years ago. So we have to make sure we don't let our rhetoric get ahead of the facts. I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Emanuel).
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John Murtha
Pennsylvania

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