Mark Warner: “I urge colleagues to give the most careful consideration to this amendment. How well each of us knows the fragility of…”

“I urge colleagues to give the most careful consideration to this amendment. How well each of us knows the fragility of the Central American band of countries. Colombia has shown the fortitude, the courage, the strength, the sacrifice to take on adversity and they have met with success. This is a very modest number increase in troops, essential at this time to keep that forward momentum going. I strongly urge that you vote against the Byrd amendment.”