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Mark Warner: “I strongly support the McConnell-Lieberman amendment. I hope that will be voted on very shortly. I do believe, in all…”

On the recordDecember 18, 2007
I strongly support the McConnell-Lieberman amendment. I hope that will be voted on very shortly. I do believe, in all sincerity, your amendment would send a conflicting message. That message could be exceedingly troublesome. People don't understand the phraseology 'sense of the Senate.' Al-Qaida would simply clip that off and then announce that we are going to leave in December, irrespective of the facts on the ground.
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Mark Warner
Democratic · Virginia

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Discussing the implications of amendments related to military progress in Iraq.

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