Archive: 2007

“President Bush is committed to 10 more years of war in Iraq at a cost of untold lives lost and hundreds of billions of dollars to American taxpayers, even though today’s White House report admits little progress has been made by the Iraqi government.”

From the Education and Labor Committee: House Labor Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on Extending Medical Leave to Military Families WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Workforce Protections Subcommittee of the House Education and Labor Committee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, Sept. 18 at… Continue

“‘The President’s war in Iraq has dangerously overstretched our military, left America less protected against terrorism, and more vulnerable as other global threats emerge – all at the cost of nearly $1 trillion to the taxpayers. In his testimony before Congress this week, even General David Petraeus could not explain how the Iraq war has made us safer.”

“‘The American people reject the President’s call for an ‘enduring relationship’ with Iraq that is based on leaving our troops in the middle of a deadly civil war for at least 10 years. The President failed to answer how maintaining 130,000 soldiers in Iraq would strengthen our military, make us safer, or how he would pay for its additional $700 billion cost.”

Tonight, President Bush outlined a status quo strategy that leaves at least 130,000 American soldiers in harm's way as part of a 10-year occupation of Iraq. The American people reject the President's call for an ‘enduring relationship’ with Iraq that is based… Continue

Congressman Silvestre Reyes of Texas, a Vietnam combat veteran and Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, delivered the Spanish language response to President Bush's speech to the nation tonight on Iraq. En español>> Transcript: Good evening. I'm Congressman Silvestre… Continue

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer released the following statement tonight in response to the President's speech: The only thing President Bush made clear tonight is that he is determined to keep up to 130,000 troops in Iraq until at least January 20,… Continue

Senator Jack Reed tonight delivered the Democratic response to President Bush's address to the nation on Iraq: Transcript: Good evening. I’m Senator Jack Reed from Rhode Island, and I was privileged to serve in the United States Army for 12 years. I… Continue

Tonight, the President will announce his so-called new plan for Iraq — more time, more money, more patience, and a renewed commitment of U.S. troops in Iraq for the foreseeable future. But the plan is just another stay-the-course strategy that puts us… Continue

The House Democratic Caucus Communications Office released the following chart this afternoon in anticipation of the President’s address to the nation to outline his so-called new plan for Iraq: The President's previous addresses to the nation regarding Iraq have been filled with… Continue