Pete Sessions: “I congratulate and will be forthright in my support for the military men and women who are serving so extraordinarily…”

“I congratulate and will be forthright in my support for the military men and women who are serving so extraordinarily well and Ambassador Bremer for his leadership in an effort to create a new government in Iraq where the people can live and progress and have the benefits of progress that have been denied them for so long. I am exceedingly pleased with what they are doing. They are operating at risk, particularly in certain areas of Iraq--at less risk in other areas. Progress continues to be made throughout the country. I am proud of that. From the beginning of this effort, it was clear to me that the key to a prosperous and healthy and stable and peaceful Iraq is the bringing on of a capable police force. It is not as easy as you would think. The Iraqi police were functionaries under Saddam Hussein. He had a tough secret police that did the heavy, vicious work, and he had other police who were poorly trained, and many of them not functioning at the level at which we would expect police in the United States to function.”