[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16000]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            IRAQ AND FREEDOM

  (Mr. McHENRY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. McHENRY. Mr. Speaker, this House in a joint session of Congress 
listened to the new Prime Minister of our ally, Iraq, earlier today. 
The Prime Minister outlined his plan for freedom and security for the 
Iraqi people and for a free, safe and secure Iraq.
  As an ally, we in the United States have an obligation to see this 
through. We have an obligation to ensure freedom and democracy. However 
imperfect it may be, as freedom and democracy always is, we have an 
obligation to see that through in Iraq, today, tomorrow and for years 
to come.
  Beyond that, Mr. Speaker, I think it is important to note that the 
United States, Israel and Iraq have the same mutual enemy, and those 
are Islamic extremists, in our country, in Israel, in Iraq and around 
the world, and we have to fight together for freedom today, freedom 
tomorrow, freedom forever.

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