[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18039]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            PRESIDENT HAS MISLED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ON IRAQ

  (Ms. WATERS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WATERS. Mr. Speaker, the President of the United States continues 
to try and sell Americans on the fact that we should be in Iraq.
  Mr. President, where is Osama bin Laden? Mr. President, you have 
spent over $300 billion on this occupation in Iraq. You have misled 
this country. We have over 2,700 soldiers that are dead and the 
occupation continues. We are less safe.
  The real war is in Afghanistan. We have not dedicated the soldiers or 
the money there. That border between Afghanistan and Pakistan is a 
staging ground for our soldiers to be attacked, yet we wrap our arms 
around Mr. Musharraf, the President of Pakistan. They won't even let us 
come into Pakistan to get the terrorists who are attacking our 
soldiers.
  It is time for the President of the United States to own up to the 
fact that he has made a mistake. He has misled the American people. We 
cannot continue this occupation. It is draining us of our resources, 
and it is placing us in real danger. Mr. President, go get Osama bin 
Laden

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