[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 323 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 323

    Urging the President to immediately request the resignation of 
                 Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 7, 2003

  Mr. Rangel (for himself, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Lee, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. 
 Owens, Ms. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Clay, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Stark, Mr. 
     Pallone, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Thompson of 
 Mississippi, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Davis of Illinois, 
Ms. Solis, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Waters, Mr. 
      Meeks of New York, Mr. McDermott, Ms. Watson, Mr. Frank of 
 Massachusetts, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Gutierrez, and Ms. Kaptur) submitted 
    the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
    Urging the President to immediately request the resignation of 
                 Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.

Whereas Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is the chief architect and 
        custodian of the invasion and occupation of Iraq;
Whereas Secretary Rumsfeld must be held accountable for the conduct of the war 
        and the subsequent occupation;
Whereas the tragic deaths of 240 American soldiers in Iraq during the 
        occupation, with 19 perishing in this past week, underscores Secretary 
        Rumsfeld's gross mismanagement of his responsibilities;
Whereas by rejecting the advice of his senior military officers and sending 
        members of the Armed Forces to war in Iraq without adequate planning and 
        sufficient equipment, Secretary Rumsfeld has subjected members of the 
        Armed Forces to an unacceptable level of danger, resulting in higher 
        casualties and injuries and compromising the success of the mission;
Whereas repeated miscalculations by Secretary Rumsfeld regarding the planning 
        and handling of the invasion and occupation, as well as the solicitation 
        of assistance from the international community, have caused the Armed 
        Forces to be caught in a quagmire in Iraq;
Whereas Secretary Rumsfeld has misled the American people in his assessments of 
        the progress of the war and occupation; and
Whereas Secretary Rumsfeld has demonstrated a lack of sensitivity in his public 
        statements regarding the war and Armed Forces casualties: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That Congress urges the President, in light of these aforementioned 
failures, to immediately request the resignation of Secretary of 
Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
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