#troops

While this debate today is a belated effort to inform the American people, it is nevertheless an empty gesture. It is time to admit our mistake in Iraq and begin to bring our troops home with honor. ↗

— Raul Grijalva

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I was never Vice Chair of the Troops Out Movement. ↗

— Peter Hain

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We know over very national survival is at stake; and we believe that we should support our troops, yes, and work for an outcome that results in victory. ↗

— J. D. Hayworth

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As costs mount, in lives and dollars, it is natural to second guess, but one lesson I hope we have learned is that the U.S. cannot go it alone in a policy that leaves American troops taking all the risk and American taxpayers paying all of the costs. ↗

— John Spratt

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Three big assumptions proved wrong: one, that the Iraqi people would welcome us as liberators; two, that oil would soon pay for Iraqi's rebuilding; and, three, that we have plenty of troops, weapons, and equipment for the postwar situation. ↗

— John Spratt

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It has been my aim throughout present operations to afford the greatest amount of protection to life and property interests, and troops have been stationed accordingly. ↗

— George Crook

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Wherever we halted we were surrounded by wandering troops of Bedouins. ↗

— Richard Francis Burton

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We must remain steadfast in our commitment to our troops, and to those fighting for a free and democratic Iraq because freedom makes our country and the world a safer place. ↗

— Chris Chocola

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Make no mistake, our troops will be in Afghanistan and Iraq for a long time. ↗

— Jerry Costello

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I'm going to vote in support of the president of the United States in keeping the troops in Iraq until the president and our military is convinced that the mission is complete. ↗

— John Culberson

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