Are there any plans, tentative or otherwise, when that day comes, for us to stay in Iraq?
Patrick Leahy
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Patrick Leahy is a former United States Senator from Vermont, serving from 1975 until 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the longest-serving senator in Vermont's history and held significant leadership roles, including President pro tempore of the Senate. Throughout his tenure, Leahy was known for his work on issues such as civil liberties, health care, and environmental protection. He played a key role in various legislative efforts, including the Violence Against Women Act and initiatives to reform the criminal justice system.
My point was that this--the hundreds of billions of dollars spent on these wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are not in our budgets when we talk about the size of the budget.
I'm sorry that someone in the administration 'gave currency to a fraud,' to quote George Will, by putting, in the President's State of the Union speech, that Iraq was trying to buy uranium in Africa.
I'm sorry that the President taunted Iraqi resistance fighters to 'bring it on' while our troops were still in harm's way.
I would suggest, especially about the report by Major General Ryder, that we find out whether there is a coordination.
I'm sorry that some of our closest allies and friends... were alienated because they disagreed with our strategy of preemptive war.
I'm sorry about administration officials, led by the Vice President, repeatedly trying to link Saddam Hussein to 9/11, when there never was any link.
the vast majority of our American men and women follow orders, do it very professionally, and make every single Member of the United States Senate proud.
I'm sorry that those that tried to find the truth about allegations of prison abuse in Iraq... were ignored.
I'm sorry there's no real plan, despite a year-long $5 million effort by the State Department, to stop the looting.





