there is not a military solution, there is a political solution.
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Senator Webb emphasizes the need for a political solution in Iraq.
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This is a particular problem in the State Department and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
If I have to face questions about whether this is a critical firefight in the defense of American sovereignty, or a self-inflicted wound in a rapidly emerging global theater where our competitors are taking advantage of our absence, that empty seat at the table, then I would rather take my naval strategic advice from the Chief of Naval Operations.
It has my strongest support and I thank Senator McCaskill for her untiring efforts here in order to bring good governance into this body.
We had a unanimous vote by the Senate that had two very important pieces in it, I think, in terms of the expression of the Senate.





