[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11399]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DEBATE ON THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR

  (Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, today is an important day in 
the United States Congress. Beginning around noon this afternoon, the 
House will debate for 10 hours the Iraq war. The question will be 
should we continue on the course that President Bush and the 
administration has set or should we have a new plan? We will have 10 
hours of debate.
  Consider, over 2,500 young men and women killed, over 30,000 
amputees, blinded and the like, hundreds of thousands who will have 
mental health deficiencies when they return. Retired generals have 
spoken. We need a new direction. The troops should be redeployed. They 
should be brought home at the most practical time with a plan that we 
don't now have under this administration.
  So, America, listen and look. Should we stay the course, or should we 
have a plan of redeployment to protect our troops and to protect 
America?

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