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Article: SEN. CASEY URGES PRESIDENT BUSH TO WORK WITH CONGRESS ON ANY LONG-TERM SECURITY AGREEMENTS WITH IRAQ
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- June 12, 2008
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The office of Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., has issued the following news release:
Speaking on the Senate floor today U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) urged President Bush to work with Congress on any future long-term security agreements with Iraq.
"Unfortunately, the Administration is handling these negotiations in the same manner that has characterized its entire approach to Iraq since 2003: with unnecessary secrecy, a disdain for Congressional input and an arrogant insistence that its course of action is the only reasonable option," said Casey.
In March, Senator Casey was joined by Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) in sending a letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee urging them to prohibit the use of ...