[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 4284]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           THE FLAWED POLICIES OF THE PRESENT ADMINISTRATION

  (Mr. BLUMENAUER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, last week President Bush said that we 
were going to bring our troops home, but it is going to be a problem 
for the next President.
  This is not a strategy to win the peace; it is just running out the 
clock and letting the next coach play sudden death. His flawed premise 
got us into this war ill prepared. He was wrong when he famously 
declared 1,061 days ago, ``Mission accomplished,'' but his worst 
calculation is just holding on.
  It is time to start bringing the troops home according to a plan. As 
we phase down, it is important to increase Iraq's role in its own 
future. It is immoral to just pass this on to the next President, and 
shame on us if we let President Bush do that.

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