03/05/2012
https://www.congress.gov...
"The U.N. reports that last month was the deadliest in Iraq since 2008, with 2,400 Iraqis killed, two-thirds of which were civilians."
"Prime Minister Maliki has not been the kind of Prime Minister to create any kind of sense that a central government can resolve the ethnic and civil issues that exist there."
"The Iraqis are very eager, under our strategic framework agreement, for U.S. assistance to be the backbone of their response."
"this is a humanitarian crisis, and I think everybody here--all of--most of us have children, have--I mean, we--you know, to see what is happening with so many children from other countries, you know, ..."