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"This is a war that each passing day confirms what I have said before and I will say again. This war in Iraq is a grotesque mistake; it is not making America safer, and the American people know it."
The American people continue to demand a New Direction in Iraq. This war – now lasting more than five years, longer than World War II – has cost Americans too much, in terms of lives, dollars, and our reputation around the world.
Our brave men and women in uniform are fighting a war of choice in which we sent our young people into harm's way without leveling with the American people. They were sent into war without intelligence about what they were going to confront, without the equipment to protect them, and without a plan for what would happen after the fall of Baghdad. Disagreement with the policies that sent our troops to Iraq, and which keep them in danger today, in no way diminishes the respect and admiration which we have for them.
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The American people are outraged at the Bush Administration’s misplaced priorities, and Congress is committed to bringing our troops home safely and soon.
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