I cannot support providing more money for continuing our ill-conceived and tragic presence in Iraq, money provided with no requirement for plans as to when the redeployment will begin, when it will be concluded, and what our future course in Iraq will be. Consequently, I will vote against the Omnibus appropriations bill.
Bernie Sanders: “I cannot support providing more money for continuing our ill-conceived and tragic presence in Iraq, money provided with…”
On the recordDecember 18, 2007
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Opposing the Omnibus appropriations bill due to concerns over funding for Iraq operations.
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