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Pelosi: Overstretched Troops Need Time Between Deployments

August 02, 2007

Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on House passage of H.R. 3159, Ensuring Military Readiness Through Stability and Predictability Deployment Policy Act.  Sponsored by Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher of California, the bill mandates troop rest times equal to their deployment times.  It passed the House this afternoon by a vote of 229 to 194:

"Today, in our fifth year of war in Iraq, the readiness of our forces has declined precipitously as the result of lengthy deployments.  Our soldiers are serving their third and fourth tours of duty in Iraq, a war without end. This is unacceptable, especially at a time when the most recent National Intelligence Estimate shows that al Qaeda is gaining strength and the threat of terrorism against the United States is growing.

"The New Direction Congress will always ensure that our brave men and women in uniform have the tools and training they need to do their jobs and return safely home.  This legislation will strengthen our military by giving our troops the chance to recover from their deployments, retrain, and re-equip before redeploying."

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