[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17639]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          DEMANDING THE TRUTH

  (Mr. McDERMOTT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, The New York Times today says: ``U.S. 
Conceding Rebels Control of Regions of Iraq. Pentagon is not certain 
when central areas can be secured.''
  Iraq has come to that. From the day the President launched his 
crusade, we feared that casualties would mount, and they have. One 
thousand brave Americans have died.
  The marker somehow brings it more in focus for the American people. 
As if 999 would not, or if even one death in this war is not tragic 
enough.
  One thousand soldiers killed in Iraq, over 6,000 wounded and maimed, 
tens of thousands of Iraqis killed and injured; and the American people 
still do not know why.
  The President has changed his reasons for going to war so often that 
we have lost sight of another casualty. The truth has fallen alongside 
of those brave U.S. soldiers.
  We cannot bring them back, but we can honor them by demanding the 
truth on the 2nd of November. It is coming, Mr. President.

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