Marilyn Strickland said "a point well taken because I have had three of my constituents killed in this war. The last one I heard about today, a 21-year-old Marine who had served time in Iraq came home for a brief period of time and was married, was sent back, and was killed in an explosion last Saturday, 21 years old. Earlier than that, a couple of months ago, a 20-year-old, but a 37-year-old as well with three children, a 15-year-old son and two young daughters. So my friend is correct. Young people, middle-aged people are losing their lives. And I would just say this before I yield to my friend from Texas. This has been the most costly month of this war. We are not through this month yet, but we have already lost over 100 precious American lives just this month, well more than a year after this war started." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordApril 20, 2004

a point well taken because I have had three of my constituents killed in this war. The last one I heard about today, a 21-year-old Marine who had served time in Iraq came home for a brief period of time and was married, was sent back, and was killed in an explosion last Saturday, 21 years old. Earlier than that, a couple of months ago, a 20-year-old, but a 37-year-old as well with three children, a 15-year-old son and two young daughters. So my friend is correct. Young people, middle-aged people are losing their lives. And I would just say this before I yield to my friend from Texas. This has been the most costly month of this war. We are not through this month yet, but we have already lost over 100 precious American lives just this month, well more than a year after this war started.

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Marilyn Strickland

Democratic · Washington

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the human cost of the war and recent casualties among constituents.

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