[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 23728]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                U.S. MUST DEVELOP EXIT STRATEGY IN IRAQ

  (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, the United States must begin to present an 
exit strategy in Iraq. Bombing the villages to save the villages is not 
an exit strategy. It is absolutely horrific that as many as 100,000 
innocent civilians may have perished in Iraq. Stopping troops who have 
served their tour of duty from returning to their families is not an 
exit strategy. Expanding house-to-house fighting across Iraq is not an 
exit strategy.
  The United States must develop an exit strategy in Iraq. It must 
bring our troops home, and we must seek a new relationship with the 
United Nations to help make this possible.
  In the weeks ahead, I will join with other Members of the House in 
expanding this discussion. We have a new Congress coming up. We have to 
take new directions. And we can start by discussing a new direction for 
Iraq that will result in the United States getting out, bringing our 
troops home and reestablishing our relationship with the world.

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