[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 3990-3991]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 GENERALS AGREE THAT PRESIDENT'S TROOP ESCALATION PLAN IS NOT THE BEST 
                               WAY AHEAD

  (Mr. PERLMUTTER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, today we will continue debating a 
bipartisan resolution that voices this

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Congress' opposition to the President's troop escalation plan. We are 
not alone in our opposition to the President's plan.
  Military leaders have raised concerns since the framework of this 
plan was announced at the end of last year. Here are a few examples. In 
testimony before the Senate in November, General John Abizaid, the 
commander of Central Command said, ``I do not believe that more 
American troops right now is a solution to the problem.''
  Retired General Joseph Hoar stated last month, ``The new strategy 
reflects the inability of the administration to get it right. The 
proposed solution to send in more troops will not work. It is far too 
little and too late.''
  Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and Secretary of State, Colin 
Powell, said in December, ``I am not persuaded that another surge of 
troops into Baghdad for the purposes of suppressing this communitarian 
violence, this civil war, will work.''
  Mr. Speaker, those are all men who have been on the frontlines. They 
join us in opposing the President's escalation plan.

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