[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 1447]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        THE WAY FORWARD IN IRAQ

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. PENCE. Last week, President George W. Bush outlined a new 
strategy and new tactics in our war in Iraq; he called it, ``The Way 
Forward.'' Sadly, many in Congress and many around the country want to 
go backwards; to redeploy, to undo our military commitment to freedom 
in Iraq.
  Mr. Speaker, I understand this temptation, even though I disagree 
with it. It is always tempting to go backwards, always tempting to want 
to go back before loss and hardship and war. The Old Book tells us 
otherwise, reading, ``Forgetting what is behind, I press on.''
  Winston Churchill gave us this counsel: ``One ought never to turn 
one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it; if you 
do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and 
without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half.'' So said 
Winston Churchill.
  I support our Commander in Chief. I support our new way forward. We 
must come together as a Nation. We must decide as a Nation not to see 
freedom fail in Iraq.

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