Political Quotes

“I thank my colleague. If I could further propound a clarification, reading from the preamble to 11850, the Executive order, it says: The United States renounces, as a matter of national policy, first use of herbicides in war except use, under regulations applicable to their domestic use, for control of vegetation within U.S. bases and installations or around their immediate defensive perimeters, and first use of riot control agents in war except in defensive military modes to save lives such as-- and these are the examples-- (a) Use of riot control agents in riot control situations in areas under direct and distinct U.S. military control, to include controlling rioting prisoners of war. (b) Use of riot control agents in situations in which civilians are used to mask or screen attacks and civilian casualties can be reduced or avoided. (c) Use of riot control agents in rescue missions in remotely isolated areas, of downed aircrews and passengers, and escaping prisoners. (d) Use of riot control agents in rear echelon areas outside the zone of immediate combat to protect convoys from civil disturbances, terrorists and paramilitary organizations. Regarding the ground operations as we are reading about daily in the Anbar Province, in Fallujah--I visited up in Fallujah several weeks ago. How would they, under your amendment, be deployed, assuming this amendment is adopted, in a manner differently than what they are doing today?”