[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 56 (Wednesday, May 10, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H2343]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      PROGRESS BEING MADE IN IRAQ

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, this weekend I had the privilege of leading a 
delegation of Republicans and Democrats to Operation Iraqi Freedom, and 
despite what you see on television, there is a lot of good news in 
Iraq, thanks to American and coalition forces and the good people of 
Iraq.
  We were in Mosul, the ancient site of the city of Nineva. And where 
Mosul, over a year ago, was inflamed with insurgent violence, today 
Mosul is secure, thanks to the 101st Airborne, but also thanks to a 
local Iraqi police chief who is leading 1,500 Iraqi police into the 
streets daily to capture insurgents.
  We also met with the new Prime Minister, Nuri al-Maliki, who told us 
of his plans to appoint a cabinet maybe as soon as this week, a clear 
agenda for stabilizing his country. He greeted us with the words, 
``Welcome to a new Iraq.''
  It will be our hope and our prayer that the American people will 
stand with the good people of Iraq to see freedom's fruition in that 
ancient land.

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