[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7920]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                                  IRAQ

  (Mrs. MILLER of Michigan asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Madam Speaker, our forces have been in 
action in Iraq for 2 weeks. In that time, they have achieved great 
success. They have moved hundreds of miles and are beginning to 
encircle Baghdad and the regime of Saddam Hussein.
  They have begun to distribute humanitarian aid to the long-suffering 
people of Iraq. They have weakened the enemy forces significantly. They 
have fought off groups of Saddam's thugs who are desperate to hold on 
to power. In short, the plan is going forward in an undaunted fashion.
  As President Bush had stated time and time again, we may not know the 
duration of this war, but we do know its outcome: Our forces will 
disarm Iraq and will force the tyrannical regime of Saddam Hussein from 
power. The day of liberation for the people of Iraq is near, and they 
will be free. We will not tire, and we will not stop until we achieve 
our goals. I have no doubt that our forces are up to the task.
  I urge every American to keep the men and women of our Armed Forces 
in their thoughts and in their prayers. We must support our troops as 
they fight to protect freedom and to defeat the forces of terror.

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