[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 15925]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 SPARING FAMILIES THE ULTIMATE TRAGEDY

  (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, America has now lost 1,757 of our brave 
young men and women in Iraq. H.J. Res. 55, a bipartisan resolution, 
sets in motion a plan for U.S. withdrawal from Iraq and will spare more 
families of our troops the ultimate tragedy.
  We should know, too, the suffering which this war has visited on the 
innocent people in Iraq. By some counts, over 100,000 innocent Iraqis 
have perished in a war that was based on a false premises. Yesterday, 
18 Iraqi children were killed by a suicide bomber as the children 
reached for candy and toys from U.S. troops.
  Each day, as new tragedies unfold, it becomes obvious that the 
presence of our brave U.S. troops will not end the murderous onslaught.
  We have done our best to secure the safety of the people of Iraq. Now 
we need to take steps to bring our troops home safely. We need to begin 
the end of the war in Iraq. Support House Joint Resolution 55 to bring 
our troops home.

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