Marilyn Strickland said "The President frequently says we have this coalition; and it is true that there are a number of countries, for one reason or another, some of them maybe with very noble reasons, who support us in our policy there. But the fact is that we have somewhere around 135,000, 135,000 American troops there. The next country with the largest number of troops is Great Britain; and they have, I believe, less than 6,500. Most of the other countries have a few hundred troops. It is the American troops that is the target. We are losing the lives. We are paying the bill. About $200 billion thus far." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordSeptember 13, 2004

The President frequently says we have this coalition; and it is true that there are a number of countries, for one reason or another, some of them maybe with very noble reasons, who support us in our policy there. But the fact is that we have somewhere around 135,000, 135,000 American troops there. The next country with the largest number of troops is Great Britain; and they have, I believe, less than 6,500. Most of the other countries have a few hundred troops. It is the American troops that is the target. We are losing the lives. We are paying the bill. About $200 billion thus far.

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Marilyn Strickland

Democratic · Washington

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the burden of American troops and costs in Iraq during a floor speech.

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