[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7894]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES

  (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, 30 years ago President Bush and Senator 
Kerry received their reviews from their respective commanders.
  Lieutenant Kerry, from Lieutenant Commander George Elliott: ``Lt. 
Kerry frequently exhibited a high sense of imagination and judgment in 
planning operations against the enemy in the Mekong Delta. Involved in 
several enemy-initiated firefights, including an ambush during the 
Christmas truce, he effectively suppressed enemy fire and is 
unofficially credited with 20 enemy killed in action.''
  The evaluation from Lt. Bush's commander: ``Lt. Bush has not been 
observed at this unit during the period of this report.''
  Now, we can debate what these two men did 30 years ago, or we can 
debate what this country is going to do on June 30 in Iraq in finding a 
government to hand to the people of Iraq that they respect and that 
will give them a sense of where they are going.
  It is worthy of having a debate of what happened 30 years ago, but I 
think it is very important to the people of this country that we debate 
what we are going to do on June 30.

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