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February 15, 2007General
On last night’s edition of CBS Evening News, Sharyl Atkisson discussed Rep. John Murtha’s (D-PA) plan to “choke off” the funding and resources our troops need to succeed in the Global War on Terror:
February 15, 2007General
The House has spent nearly an entire week debating a non-binding resolution by Democrats criticizing the new strategy for success in Iraq that neither offers an alternative strategy nor contemplates the consequences of failure. An editorial in this morning’s Chicago Tribune put the debate in perspective:
February 15, 2007General
This week, Democrats have come to the House floor, one after another, and referred to their non-binding resolution as a “first step” in the effort to cut off funding for American troops in harm’s way. The next step, we now know, will come in the weeks ahead as Democrats take action to deny our troops the resources needed to succeed in the Global War on Terror.
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February 15, 2007General
Yesterday, in the middle of House debate on Democrats’ non-binding resolution that supports denying our troops the resources needed to succeed in Iraq, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) took to the House floor to say:
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February 15, 2007General
As the Washington Post noted this morning, the plans of House Democrats to “choke off” funding for our men and women in uniform are hardly a mystery: