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…

I yield myself 5 minutes. I was just out to a hospital a week or so ago, and a young woman whose husband was in the bed right next to her, and she said, I didn't join the Army to fight for Iraq. He joined to fight for the United States. We…

I yield to the combat veteran from the 173rd who preceded the gentleman from California in the 173rd, 15\1/2\ minutes, and ask unanimous consent that he may yield time to other Members of the Veterans Caucus. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr…

I know standing here does not solve the problem! And it hasn't gotten better; it's gotten worse. That's the problem!

I know standing here does not solve the problem! And it hasn't gotten better. It's gotten worse. That's the problem.

There was no firefight. There was no IED that killed these innocent people. Our troops overreacted, because of the pressure on them. And they killed innocent civilians in cold blood.

Our whole mission is to try to win Iraqis to our side, win the hearts and minds. When something like this happens, it sets us back terribly.

The only people who can solve this are the Iraqis, and our troops have become the target.

This is a very small part of the opposition. We're caught in a civil war, and there's no way to overlook that.

With the appointment of Defense and Interior Ministers, we should be able to substantially reduce our presence in Iraq and re-deploy our military outside of the country.

We owe the family honest answers.

If I hadn't brought it out, I'm not sure it would have come out.

I mean, these -- these guys have done everything we have asked them to do. They're well-disciplined troops. But, at some point, they crack.

It breaks my heart to think Marines did something like this. And when you hear some of the stories now that are coming out, it just makes it worse than ever.

The damage this does to our credibility, the damage this does to us fighting Muslims when they think this is a policy of the United States when they don't punish.

The worst thing is the cover-up. I'm convinced they knew about this. The services knew about it. The chain of command knew about it, and that has to be investigated because this thing should have been made public.

There's no question in my mind. The highest level of the Marine Corps has come to me and told me what happened.

This is no good. So the commandant of the Marine Corps is over there talking to the troops, but this has to be clear that United States policy does not endorse something like this.

The public wants a change in direction. The public is crying for a change in direction.

I'm convinced it's the opposite. Sixty percent of the Iraqis are saying, we -- if you get out of there, it will be less chaos.

I don't know how to believe this president or this administration.

He's confusing progress with optimism.

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.

I know you believe that, but I would err on the side of trying to prevent it. So at this point I would be against the amendment.

I am nervous about the amendment. I am nervous because I am not sure, when we have got people out there making contracts for the troops out in the field, there is no question all of us want to take care of the fraud and abuse, all of us…