[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6389]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            ENDING OUR MILITARY PRESENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST

  (Ms. WOOLSEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, my first thought when watching the news 
last night was about the people who have a hole in their hearts and in 
their homes because of the senseless brutal violence perpetrated by 
Osama bin Laden. There was 9/11, of course, but also the 1993 World 
Trade Center bombing, the embassy bombings in east Africa, and the 
attack on the USS Cole. Osama bin Laden is responsible for so much 
evil, and I hope that the families of his victims can now find some 
measure of peace and closure.
  Bin Laden is dead, but the terrorism threat that he represents 
remains alive and well. The network he created continues to thrive. And 
I believe, Mr. Speaker, that al Qaeda will remain strong as long as we 
continue our policy of aggressive militarism in the Middle East. I 
would like to see what happened on Sunday be the beginning of bringing 
our troops home and removing the very need for military action in the 
Middle East.

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