[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14310]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     BRING OUR TROOPS HOME IN 2013

  (Mr. JONES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. JONES. Mr. Speaker, today I had the privilege and honor to visit 
Walter Reed Hospital to say thank you to our wounded from Afghanistan 
and Iraq, and I saw those who have lost both arms and legs. It's just 
so sad to go there.
  That brings me today to the floor to thank the chairman of the Armed 
Services Appropriations Committee, C.W. ``Bill'' Young, who has come 
out and said it's time to bring our troops home from Afghanistan, and I 
quote:

       I think we should remove ourselves from Afghanistan as 
     quickly as we can.

  Mr. Speaker, that brings me to a couple of comments. I called a 
former commandant of the Marine Corps 3 years ago and asked him to 
advise me on Afghanistan, and he has, and he has been very loyal. I 
want to read his comments:

       I am more convinced than ever that we need to get out of 
     Afghanistan. When our ``friends'' turn out to be our 
     ``enemy,'' it is time to pull the plug. We are now nothing 
     more than a recruiting poster for every malcontent in the 
     Middle East. We need to wake up.

  I would say to the Speaker, I would say to the leadership of the 
Republican Party, join us in bringing our troops home in the year 2013. 
No more should die for a lost cause like Afghanistan.

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