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Article: SPEAKER PELOSI: 'H.R. 2929 CLEARLY SIGNALS THAT U.S. DOES NOT SEEK PERMANENT MILITARY PRESENCE IN IRAQ'
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- July 25, 2007
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., issued the following remarks:
Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor this morning expressing her strong support for H.R. 2929, the No Permanent Bases in Iraq Below are her remarks:
On Democratic Opposition to the war in Iraq:
"The Democratic Congress will go on record - every day if necessary - to register a judgment in opposition to the course of action that the President is taking in Iraq. The Democratic Congress will go on record - every day if necessary - to fight for a redeployment of our forces as the central element of a New Direction strategy for Iraq."
"Mr. Speaker, I want to you gentleman for yielding and to acknowledge the exceptional ...