[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 147 (Friday, November 16, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1782]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                  ACCELERATING END TO AFGHANISTAN WAR

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                            HON. BARBARA LEE

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, November 16, 2012

  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Speaker, as we gather back in Washington 
for the first time since the election, it is important that we work to 
resolve the questions that cannot wait until the new 113th Congress is 
sworn in. President Obama will soon be meeting with his military 
advisors and considering various plans in Afghanistan. My Republican 
colleague Walter Jones and I will be sending a letter to the President 
renewing our call for an accelerated withdrawal from Afghanistan.
  I encourage all Members to join us on this letter. Keeping our troops 
in Afghanistan through 2014 will not bring about a meaningful 
difference on the ground.
  Mr. Speaker, it is time that we catch up with the American people who 
are calling for an accelerated end to the war in Afghanistan.
  Let's bring our troops home, end the war in Afghanistan, and invest 
in jobs and nation-building here at home.

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