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Changing Direction to Protect Our National Security

Floor Speech

Date: April 25, 2007
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: National Security


CHANGING DIRECTION TO PROTECT OUR NATIONAL SECURITY

Ms. CASTOR. Madam Speaker, today the House will vote on and hopefully pass the emergency supplemental bill. To the individuals who disagree with this new direction and our demand for accountability, I ask, how much longer will you continue to sanction the undermining of our national security under the Bush-Cheney policy? As a member of the Armed Services Committee, I ask this because this bill states that ``no units may be deployed to Iraq unless they are fully mission capable.''

What are you saying if you vote against this measure? In the Armed Services Committee, the Army Chief of Staff testified that the Bush-Cheney strategy is outstripping the means to execute it. Our ground forces in the U.S. are short of training, personnel and equipment. This is very serious, and I ask how anyone can vote against this bill and sanction the unwise Bush-Cheney course.

The risk to our Nation is serious and deepening. We must change direction, make more strategic decisions and bring our diplomatic, economic and moral forces to bear to protect our national security.


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