[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 23 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 23

Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should not order an 
 escalation in the total number of members of the United States Armed 
                        Forces serving in Iraq.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 10, 2007

 Mr. Kucinich (for himself, Mr. Cummings, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Jackson of 
 Illinois, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Lee, 
Mr. Clay, Mr. Fattah, Ms. Kilpatrick of Michigan, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Holt, 
Ms. Carson, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Wu, Mr. 
    Capuano, Ms. Watson, Mr. Stark, Mr. Conyers, and Mr. Grijalva) 
 submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Armed Services

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should not order an 
 escalation in the total number of members of the United States Armed 
                        Forces serving in Iraq.

Whereas more than 3005 members of the United States Armed Forces have been 
        killed as part of the ongoing combat operations in Iraq;
Whereas the Department of Defense has estimated that 22,834 members of the Armed 
        Forces have been wounded as part of the ongoing combat operations in 
        Iraq;
Whereas the Congressional Research Service has estimated that $379,000,000,000 
        have been appropriated by Congress to finance ongoing combat operations 
        in Iraq;
Whereas top United States military commanders have expressed concern about the 
        state of readiness of the Armed Forces since units and members of the 
        Armed Forces have had to serve multiple tours of duty in Iraq;
Whereas the presence of the Armed Forces in Iraq has fueled a civil war in Iraq 
        that has placed members of the Armed Forces and Iraqi civilians at great 
        risk;
Whereas the President has signaled his intention to order an escalation of the 
        number of members of the Armed Forces serving in Iraq to record totals 
        in hopes of resolving the civil war;
Whereas, in testimony before the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, 
        General John Abizaid, the head of the United States Central Command, 
        stated: ``I met with every divisional commander, General Casey, the 
        Corps commander, General Dempsey. We all talked together. And I said, in 
        your professional opinion, if we were to bring in more American troops 
        now, does it add considerably to our ability to achieve success in Iraq? 
        And they all said no. And the reason is, because we want the Iraqis to 
        do more. It's easy for the Iraqis to rely upon to us do this work. I 
        believe that more American forces prevent the Iraqis from doing more, 
        from taking more responsibility for their own future.'';
Whereas several former United States military leaders have expressed the opinion 
        that there is no military solution in Iraq, rather there is only a 
        political solution; and
Whereas the American people in the November elections voted for a change in the 
        President's current Iraq policy: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),  
That it is the sense of Congress that the President should not order an 
escalation in the total number of members of the United States Armed 
Forces serving in Iraq.
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