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Support Our Troops In Afghanistan

Floor Speech

Date: Sept. 23, 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Foreign Affairs

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Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, yesterday's Washington Post editorial was correct when they stated that President Obama's goals in Afghanistan, as he outlined in March, were essential to preventing another attack on the United States by al Qaeda and its extremist allies. Indeed, there is much at stake in Afghanistan in establishing security and stability throughout the region. President Obama's original strategy is vital to ensuring that terrorist organizations do not reestablish safe havens or return the Taliban to power.

Our military commanders and troops on the ground are doing extraordinary work. We need to ensure they have the resources to complete their mission: to defeat the terrorists and to help provide, as President Obama mentioned in March, stability in the region.

In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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