House Proceeding on Jul 31st, 2007 :: 0:10:59 to 0:13:36
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Speech By: Zack Space

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Zack Space: of bribery through comprehensive campaign finance reform. mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania,

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Joe Sestak: mr. sussteck, for two minutes. -- mr. sessteck for two minutes. sestak. mr. sestak: i'm here to speak about iraq. i watched the republicans and our concern, as democrats, is that they believe

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Speech By: Joe Sestak

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Joe Sestak: that our military might provide the solution in iraq. i look at my party and my concern is that we need to stop begin pure opposition and begin to craft and author an implemental persian

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Joe Sestak: gulf security plan. but to do that we need a union with our republican brethren. i honestly believe when people talk about taking care of our troops, the belief is not that we use them

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Joe Sestak: in war when necessary, but where and how we use them. there are the elements right now to begin to come together in a union to craft a comprehensive toned this tragic misadd -- end to this

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Joe Sestak: tragic misadventure. we have an army that is strained, and by next april we'll be at the point of almost irreparable harm for years to come. we know in order to redeploy that army out of

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Joe Sestak: iraq, it will take time. when the soviet union left afghanistan with 120,000 troops, it took them nine months and because of the deal prags, 500 died on the way. we have 160,000 troops,

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Joe Sestak: 100,000 contractors, we must work well to get them redeployed safely. 40 combat equipment brigades are in iraq, the math comes out to a minimum of 18 months to 24 months. we can use the last

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Joe Sestak: arrow in our arsenal that we have not used, diplomacy. the road out of iraq is through tehran, iran. if we have the ability as we slowly redeploy, we can have a comprehensive solution to

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Joe Sestak: this conflict. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. mcgovern, for five minutes. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, last week

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Joe Sestak: i had the privilege of spending a morning at food and friends, an organization that provides high nutritious meals and nutrition therapy for those living with hiv-aids, cancer, and diabetes it

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James P. McGovern: is located here in washington, d.c. five of my esteemed colleagues joined me thon visit, representative emerson, barbara lee, eleanor holmes norton. our visit was enlightning -- enlightening and

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Speech By: James P. McGovern