Congresswoman Chellie Pingree to Oppose War Funding

Says continued war in Afghanistan too expensive, not making America safer

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, a Member of the House Armed Services Committee, has announced her intention to vote against $37 billion in emergency spending to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

"The war in Afghanistan has gone on too long, has cost us far too much in lives lost and dollars spent, and is not making America any safer," Pingree said. "We shouldn't be spending $7 billion a month to keep fighting that war when we have such pressing economic problems here at home."

Congress is considering funding requests for additional war spending and the House may vote on a bill as early as tomorrow.

"I fundamentally disagree with the notion that more US troops in Afghanistan will somehow make us safer here at home," Pingree said. "We are pursuing a failed strategy in that country and have somehow confused nation building with fighting the war on terror."

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