Russ Feingold: “After my own review and carefully listening to hundreds of Wisconsin citizens in person, I spoke on the floor on…”

“After my own review and carefully listening to hundreds of Wisconsin citizens in person, I spoke on the floor on Thursday, September 26. I indicated my opposition to the original draft use of force authorization by the President. I also used that opportunity to raise some very important questions to which I needed answers before supporting a narrower and more responsible resolution. Now, after many more meetings and reading articles and attending briefings, listening to my colleagues' speeches, and especially listening to the President's speech in Cincinnati on Monday, I still do not believe the President and the administration have adequately answered the critical questions. They have not yet met the important burden to persuade Congress and the American people we should invade Iraq at this time. Both in terms of the justifications for an invasion and in terms of the mission and the plan for the invasion, the administration's arguments do not add up.”