Durbin Reacts to Iraq Study Group Report

DURBIN REACTS TO IRAQ STUDY GROUP REPORT

U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today issued the following statement after meeting with members of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group (ISG). The ISG released its report following the Congressional leadership briefing:

"The members of the Iraq Study Group have performed a great service for our nation. Their report paints a grim assessment of the situation in Iraq. This report states the obvious truth: We need new leadership and a new level of candor with the Iraqis."

"On Election Day, November 7, the American people called overwhelmingly for change. Today, the Iraq Study Group joined their call for change and redeployment of American soldiers out of Iraq by March, 2008. Now the responsibility for change in Iraq moves to the Commander in Chief, President Bush."

"We owe it to 140,000 American troops in Iraq and to their families to initiate redeployment as soon as possible. It is time for our troops to begin coming home and for the Iraqis to stand and defend their own nation."

"I believe the clearest way to make this report a reality is to begin redeployment of our troops out of Iraq in January, 2007."

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