Statement of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on Senate Iraq Funding Votes
By newsdesk - Posted on December 20th, 2007
December 19, 2007 -- Washington, DC – “Last night, the Senate voted to add additional funding for Iraq to the Omnibus appropriations bill without any requirements to end the war. As I have said before, I cannot and will not support continuing to fund a flawed and failed strategy in Iraq.
I was proud to be a co-sponsor of an amendment offered by Senators Russ Feingold and Harry Reid that would require the President to safely redeploy U.S. troops from Iraq within nine months after which funding for military operations in Iraq would be terminated. Unfortunately, the Senate rejected Senator Feingold's amendment and instead voted to support funding for the Iraq war without any further limitations.
Yesterday, the Administration released its quarterly report on "Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq" which only reconfirmed the fact that the Iraqis have not engaged in the political reconciliation that the President's escalation or surge was supposed to promote. Rather than continue with a flawed and failing policy in Iraq, it is time to change course. Therefore, I cannot support the addition of appropriations for Iraq to the supplemental appropriations bill.”
Source: Senator Hillary Clinton
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