[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 147 (Thursday, December 4, 2014)]
[House]
[Pages H8368-H8369]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             GHOST SOLDIERS

  (Mr. NOLAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. NOLAN. Mr. Speaker, Members of the House, I want to bring to 
everyone's attention a Washington Post story this week pointing out 
that the Iraqi Army has 50,000 ghost soldiers.

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That is right, ghost soldiers, salaries being paid to soldiers that do 
not exist.
  We have spent $20 billion supposedly training and arming this Iraqi 
Army. Right now there is a request for another $1.2 billion. The time 
has come to stop supporting this corrupt government. The money for the 
50,000 soldiers was going into the pockets of the military and 
government officials.
  Mr. Speaker, my friends, it is time to put an end to this. Give our 
taxpayers some relief. Use this money to rebuild America and recognize 
the fact that we have no friends in this conflict. The money, the arms 
that we send inevitably end up being used against us and contributing 
to the violence and contributing to the extension and the continuation 
of this tragic and senseless war and waste of human and financial 
resources.
  It is time to put an end to it.

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