[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 20043]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       AMERICA NEEDS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, NOT CHEERLEADER IN CHIEF

  (Mr. EMANUEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EMANUEL. Mr. Speaker, a former CIA official recently said ``The 
best we can hope for in Iraq is a failed state hobbling along.'' The 
State Department's official travel warnings says, ``Iraq remains very 
dangerous.'' The national intelligence estimate from July said the best 
case scenario for Iraq was merely ``tenuous stability.''
  A Kroll Security International study shows the number of attacks has 
increased from 40 per day to around 70 per day. Republican Senator 
Chuck Hagel said, ``I do not think we are winning. We are in deep 
trouble in Iraq.'' Secretary of State Colin Powell said, ``It is 
getting worse.''
  I know that the President is proud of the fact that he does not read 
newspapers, but can somebody please brief the President of the United 
States?
  Today in the Washington Post, with all of the horrific news, there is 
a report that the administration is embarking on a new propaganda 
campaign ``designed to be uplifting, with good news messages about 
Iraq.''
  Mr. Speaker, the American people need the truth about Iraq. The 
American people can handle the truth; the question is, can the 
President?

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