Iraq

News Releases

6/18/2009
Senator Murray's Statement on the Passage of the Supplemental Appropriations Bill

5/21/2009
Senator Patty Murray's Statement on Passage of the Supplemental Appropriations Bill

5/6/2009
Military Procurement: Senator Murray's Remarks on Senate Floor Offering Amendment to Protect America's Industrial Base

4/28/2009
Yakima Training Center: Senator Murray Announces More than $4 million in Recovery Funding for Military Infrastructure

12/4/2008
Murray Calls for Increased TBI Screening and Research after Study Reveals Long Term Toll on Service Members

5/7/2008
Tankers: Murray Asks Pentagon Why they Didn't Pick the Safest Possible Tankers for the American Warfighter

5/7/2008
Tankers: Washington, Kansas Senators Question Joint Chiefs on Why the Safest Tanker for the American Warfighter Was Not Chosen

5/1/2008
Murray Applauds Pentagon Move to Reduce Stigma of Seeking Mental Health Care

4/22/2008
Murray Calls for Resignation of VA's Top Mental Health Official

3/18/2008
Senator Murray's Statement on the 5th Anniversary of the Iraq War

2/4/2008
Murray Statement on Bush Budget

12/14/2007
Victory: Wounded Warriors Passes Senate

12/6/2007
Murray: New VA Secretary Must Fight for Best Interests of Veterans

11/14/2007
Senator Murray Responds to Shocking CBS News Report in Speech on the Senate Floor

11/8/2007
PHOTO: Murray and Menendez Join Physicians for Social Responsibility as They Unveil Shocking Report

10/30/2007
Murray Statement on Nomination of Dr. James Peake to Head VA

10/1/2007
Senator Murray Passes Amendment to Get Disability Benefits to National Guard and Reserve Members Quicker

9/26/2007
Runaround for Veterans Unacceptable, Murray Says

9/26/2007
Murray Challenges Defense Secretary at Hearing on Additional $189 Billion for Iraq

9/19/2007
Murray Speaks Out to Give Troops More Time at Home

9/10/2007
Murray Statement on Petraeus Testimony

7/25/2007
PHOTO: Murray Says President Bush Must Implement Dole-Shalala Report to Help Veterans

7/25/2007
PHOTO: Passing the Wounded Warriors Bill

7/18/2007
After All-Night Session, Senate Republicans Block Vote to Redeploy Troops in Iraq

7/12/2007
Senators Murray, Obama, Bond, Boxer, Mccaskill Introduce Amendment To Temporarily Cease Military Personality Disorder Discharges

7/12/2007
PHOTO: Passing the Wounded Warrior Bill

7/11/2007
Murray Outraged that Senate Republicans Put Politics Above Our Troops

7/10/2007
IRAQ: Senator Murray Speaks in Favor of Strengthening Military Readiness

5/24/2007
Murray to Vote for Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill that Provides Funding for Troops in Harm's Way, Veterans, Farmers, Katrina Relief, and Port Security

5/16/2007
IRAQ: Murray Works to Redeploy Troops, Target Al Qaeda, and Rebuild America's Military

5/9/2007
Senator Murray Presses Defense Secretary on Training Iraqi Forces, Political Benchmarks, and Mental Health Care

5/9/2007
PHOTO: Working to Expand Benefits for Veterans - Criticizing Bonuses Paid to Top VA Officials

5/9/2007
PHOTO: Pressing Defense Secretary for Answers

5/1/2007
Senator Murray's Statement on Bush's Veto of the Supplemental Appropriations Bill

4/26/2007
Murray Statement on Senate Passage of Emergency Supplemental Bill to Fund our Troops, Veterans and Homeland Needs

4/25/2007
IRAQ: Senator Murray Delivers Major Speech on Iraq

4/25/2007
Murray Hears Heartbreaking Stories of VA Mental Health Care Failures at Senate Hearing

4/25/2007
PHOTO: Senator Calls on President Bush to Finally Listen to the American People and Military Experts

4/23/2007
Statement of Senator Patty Murray on the Supplemental Conference

4/19/2007
Senators Urge GAO to Study the Military's Mental Health Care

4/12/2007
Senator Murray Calls for Veterans Budget that Meets The Real Needs

4/12/2007
At Historic Joint Hearing, Murray Stands Up For Service Members Being "Low-Balled" by Disability Rating System; Calls "Wal-Mart Greeter Standard" Unacceptable

4/12/2007
PHOTO: Murray Stands Up For Service Members Being "Low-Balled" by Disability Rating System at Historic Joint Hearing

4/12/2007
TBI - Murray Gets Key Support from VA Secretary to Begin Tracking Traumatic Brain Injury on the Battlefield

4/11/2007
Senator Murray Takes Concerns of WA State National Guard Members to Chief of National Guard

4/11/2007
Senator Murray's Statement on the Extension of Army Tours

3/29/2007
Murray Helps Pass Supplemental Spending Bill that Demands a Change of Course in Iraq, Meets Needs of America's Troops and Veterans

3/29/2007
PHOTO: Senate Votes to Begin Redeployment from Iraq

3/27/2007
Washington State Soldier Faced Serious Problems with PTSD Treatment and Care for Brain Injury, Mother Testifies at Hearing with Senator Murray

3/22/2007
IRAQ: Murray Votes to Change Course in Iraq and Ensure America's Troops Have What They Need

3/17/2007
Senator Murray Calls for Change in Iraq in National Radio Address

3/15/2007
IRAQ: Senator Murray Pushes Resolution to Fully Support America's Troops and Veterans

3/14/2007
Murray Asks VA Secretary for Results of Internal Audit

3/13/2007
Senator Murray's Senate Floor Remarks on Administration's Response to Walter Reed

3/13/2007
PHOTO: Murray Assails Administration's Response to Walter Reed

3/7/2007
Senator Murray Takes Fort Lewis Problems Straight to Army's Top Medical Leader in Contentious Hearing

3/7/2007
PHOTO: Questioning Army Surgeon General Kiley About Madigan Army Medical Center at Fort Lewis

3/7/2007
PHOTO: Army Surgeon General Kiley Responds to Senator Murray's Questions

3/6/2007
Senator Murray Spearheads HEROES Effort to Address Bush Administration's Failures to Care for Our Troops

3/2/2007
MURRAY: We Cannot Trust the Bush Administration to Take Care of Our Troops

3/2/2007
MURRAY: Firings Not Enough, Troops Need Plan for Improved Care

2/28/2007
IRAQ: Senator Murray Speaks Out on Caring for Our Troops and Treating Traumatic Brain Injury

2/28/2007
PHOTO: Speaking Out on Caring for Our Troops

2/27/2007
PHOTO: Iraq - Standing Up for Fort Lewis and for Injured Veterans

2/27/2007
Senator Murray Questions Defense Secretary on Fort Lewis Stryker Brigades, Traumatic Brain Injury and Veterans Mental Healthcare

2/26/2007
Murray Responds to Damning Report on Inadequate Mental Healthcare for Service Members and Veterans

2/23/2007
Murray Commends Secretary Gates' First Step in Walter Reed Investigation, Vows to Remain Vigilant in Oversight Process

2/20/2007
Senators Demand Investigation of Deplorable Conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center

2/17/2007
IRAQ: Murray Says Republican Obstruction on Iraq Defies America's Interests

2/14/2007
Murray Votes for Joint Funding Resolution that Invests in Critical National Priorities

2/6/2007
IRAQ: Senator Murray Speaks Out Against the Surge and Urges Republicans to Stop Blocking Debate on the Iraq War

2/6/2007
PHOTO: Speaking Out Against the Surge

1/23/2007
VETERANS: Murray Presses VA and Pentagon to Deliver a Seamless Transition for Returning Veterans

1/23/2007
Statement of Senator Patty Murray on the President's State of the Union Address

1/18/2007
Senator Murray Stands with Veterans in Opposing Escalation of War

1/18/2007
PHOTO: Senator Murray Stands with Our Veterans

1/11/2007
Senator Murray's Response to President Bush's Address on Iraq

1/11/2007
PHOTO: Working on the Budget

1/10/2007
PHOTO: Speaking Out on Iraq

1/10/2007
Senator Murray Named to Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee

1/4/2007
PHOTO: Murray Outlines Priorities for the 110th Congress

12/6/2006
Senator Murray Comments on the Iraq Study Group's Report

12/6/2006
Statement by Senator Patty Murray on the Confirmation of Robert M. Gates as Defense Secretary

11/9/2006
Statement by Senator Patty Murray on the Democratic Victory in the U.S. Senate

9/29/2006
Veterans: Senator Murray Warns Again that the Bush Administration Has NO PLAN to Care for Iraq War Veterans; Calls for Senate Oversight

9/27/2006
Murray Says Bush Administration's Failures on Veterans Care and Iraq War Planning Demand Congressional Oversight

9/27/2006
PHOTO: Bush Administration Misled Congress on Veterans Care

9/27/2006
PHOTO: Murray Illustrates the Timeline of VA Deceptions

9/20/2006
Murray Calls for a Real Budget Based on Real Demands after GAO Report Reveals VA Failures

9/20/2006
Remarks by Senator Patty Murray at a Veterans Press Conference

9/20/2006
PHOTO: Veterans: New Report Shows VA’s Failures

9/20/2006
Veterans: Murray Reveals Stunning GAO Report at Veterans Hearing with the American Legion

9/20/2006
PHOTO: Veterans Deserve Answers After Troubling GAO Report

9/6/2006
IRAQ: Remarks by Senator Patty Murray on Iraq and the Broader War on Terror

6/22/2006
Don't Raid Veterans Healthcare to Fund the VA's ID Theft Response: Murray/Byrd Pass Emergency Funding to Protect Veterans

6/21/2006
Senator Murray Calls on the President to Define Mission in Iraq

6/19/2006
Murray Introduces Emergency Funding for Veterans

6/16/2006
Murray Requests Hearing on VA Mental Health Services

6/15/2006
Statement by Senator Murray on Senate Passage of the Supplemental Emergency Spending Bill

6/12/2006
Senator Murray Discusses VA Data Theft "Disaster" and Unveils Legislation to Benefit Nation's Veterans

6/8/2006
Murray Statement on Death of Terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

6/6/2006
IRAQ: Remarks by Senator Patty Murray on Iraq and Veterans (Senate Floor)

6/6/2006
PHOTO: Focusing on Our Soldiers and Veterans

5/26/2006
Murray Statement on Memorial Day

5/24/2006
VA Undersecretary Calls Mental Health Care “Virtually Inaccessible”

4/26/2006
Murray/Akaka Win Victory for Veterans

4/4/2006
Murray Statement on Supplemental Bill

3/14/2006
PHOTO: Veterans Deserve Better

3/14/2006
Senate Republicans Say ‘No’ to America’s Veterans

3/9/2006
Senator Murray Fights for Veterans, But Republicans Say No

12/15/2005
Murray Statement on Iraqi Elections

11/18/2005
Murray: Veterans’ Funding Could Lead to Shortfall

11/10/2005
Veterans' Day: Senator Murray Asks "Are We Keeping Our Promise?"

11/10/2005
PHOTO: Keeping our Promise to America’s Veterans

11/10/2005
Senator Murray Applauds VA's Reversal on PTSD Investigation

11/9/2005
Senator Murray and Veteran Leaders Say "Don't Shortchange America's Veterans" in Fiscal Year 2006 Veterans Healthcare Budget

11/7/2005
Murray says Pentagon WILL Pay Bonuses It Promised to Active Guard and Reserve Members

10/28/2005
Murray Statement on Indictments

10/7/2005
Murray Amendment Requires Defense Department to Improve Transition Assistance Program for Guard and Reserve

9/14/2005
PHOTO: Senator Meets USO Marine of the Year

8/4/2005
PHOTO: Longview Guard & Reserve Reintegration Roundtable - Welcome Senator Murray

8/4/2005
PHOTO: Longview Guard & Reserve Reintegration Roundtable

8/3/2005
PHOTO: Veterans Hearing – Listening to Washington's Veterans

8/3/2005
PHOTO: Veterans Hearing on Reintegration (Seattle) Panel 1 – State & Federal Officials

8/3/2005
PHOTO: Veterans Hearing on Reintegration (Seattle) Panel 2 – Returning Veterans

8/3/2005
PHOTO: Veterans Hearing on Reintegration (Seattle) Panel 3 – Veterans Advocates and Medical Staff

8/3/2005
PHOTO: Veterans Hearing – Thanking Staff Sergeant Romanelli

8/3/2005
PHOTO: Veterans Hearing – Talking with Veterans

8/3/2005
PHOTO: Veterans Hearing – Help Provide Resources to Guard Members who Run Small Businesses

8/3/2005
Senator Murray's Remarks at the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Hearing - "Coming Home from Combat: Are Veterans Getting the Help They Need?"

8/2/2005
PHOTO: Pasco Reintegration Roundtable

8/2/2005
PHOTO: Pasco Reintegration Roundtable - MSG Gary Fletcher

8/1/2005
PHOTO: Active Duty Families Roundtable at Camp Murray - Major General Timothy Lowenberg

8/1/2005
PHOTO: Active Duty Families Roundtable at Camp Murray - Major General Scoggins

8/1/2005
PHOTO: Active Duty Families Roundtable at Camp Murray - Senior Master Sergeant Laura Clark

8/1/2005
PHOTO: Active Duty Families Roundtable at Camp Murray - Washington Guard Family Support Group

8/1/2005
PHOTO: Active Duty Families Roundtable at Camp Murray - SG Brian Rikstad

7/29/2005
Murray Declares Victory in Her Fight to Fund Veterans' Healthcare

7/25/2005
Murray Introduces Amendments to Aid Schools, Students Impacted by Military Action

7/19/2005
Murray Wins Strong Veterans Funding Boost for FY2006

7/12/2005
Murray Secures Senate Commitment to $1.5 billion in Emergency Funds for Veterans

7/12/2005
PHOTO: Senate Unanimously Passes Murray Amendment to Boost Funding for Veterans Health Care

7/12/2005
PHOTO: Murray Fights to Pass Her Amendment to Increase Funding for Veterans Health Care

7/6/2005
PHOTO: From the Battlefront to the Homefront

6/29/2005
Murray Declares Victory for America’s Veterans in Senate

6/28/2005
Statement by Senator Murray on President’s Speech to the Nation

6/27/2005
Murray Sends Letter to President Asking Him to Address VA Shortfall in Tuesday Address to Nation

6/23/2005
Murray Calls for Emergency Supplemental to Pay for Veterans’ Healthcare

6/23/2005
VA Announces $1 Billion Shortfall; Senator Murray Demands Immediate Action

6/23/2005
Timeline of Senator Murray’s Efforts to Pay for Veterans’ Health Care

6/9/2005
Murray Urges Senate to Improve Mental Health Care for Veterans

6/9/2005
PHOTO: Protecting Our Veterans

6/1/2005
Senator Murray's Plan to Help Schoolchildren of Military Families

6/1/2005
Senator Murray Announces Plan to Help Schoolchildren of Military Personnel

6/1/2005
PHOTO: Murray Presents Purple Heart to Rory Dunn

5/31/2005
PHOTO: Supporting Our Returning Veterans

5/31/2005
PHOTO: Murray Meets Captain Hamilton

5/30/2005
Senator Murray Honors America's Fallen Soldiers

5/26/2005
Murray Cosponsors Bill to Support Role of Women in Combat

5/10/2005
Senator Murray Supports Funding for America's Troops But is Troubled by Immigration Provisions and Lack of Veterans Funding in Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill

5/10/2005
Murray Statement on Supplemental Aid for Iraq and Afghanistan

4/19/2005
Senator Murray Hears from Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans

4/12/2005
Murray Calls on Senate to Do the Right Thing: Pay for the Cost of Veterans’ Healthcare

4/12/2005
6 National Veterans Organizations Urge the Senate to Pass Senator Murray's Veterans Healthcare Amendment Today

4/12/2005
PHOTO: Fighting for Good Health Care All Veterans Deserve

4/12/2005
Senate Republicans Deny Veterans’ Health Care Emergency, Tell Veterans They Are Not a Priority

3/23/2005
PHOTO: Middle East Trip, Day 5 - Speaking With the Georgian Press

3/23/2005
PHOTO: Middle East Trip, Day 5 - Meeting with the Georgian Speaker of Parliament

3/22/2005
PHOTO: Middle East Trip, Day 4 - Flying Over Baghdad Into the Green Zone

3/22/2005
PHOTO: Middle East Trip, Day 4 - Meeting with General Casey

3/22/2005
PHOTO: Middle East Trip, Day 4 - Having Lunch with Washington State Marines

3/21/2005
PHOTO: Middle East Trip, Day 3 - Meeting With WA State Guardsmen

3/21/2005
PHOTO: Middle East Trip, Day 2 - Visiting Dome of the Rock

3/21/2005
PHOTO: Middle East Trip, Day 3 - Meeting Prime Minister Ariel Sharon

3/20/2005
PHOTO: Middle East Trip, Day 2 - Visiting the Western Wall

3/20/2005
PHOTO: Middle East Trip, Day 2 - Meeting with Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres

3/19/2005
PHOTO: Middle East Trip, Day 1 - A View of the Old City

3/19/2005
PHOTO: Middle East Trip, Day 1 - Meeting with Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Quraya

3/19/2005
PHOTO: Middle East Trip, Day 1 - Meeting with Palestinian Finance Minister

3/16/2005
Washington Veterans LOSE Healthcare Battle in U.S. Senate

3/16/2005
PHOTO: Murray Fights for Veterans Health Care

3/15/2005
Murray Amendment to Fully Fund Veterans’ Health Care

2/17/2005
PHOTO: Murray Questions Secretary Rice About Supplemental Request

2/16/2005
Murray to Rumsfeld: Caring for Veterans is a Cost of War

1/26/2005
Statement by Senator Murray on the Confirmation of Condoleezza Rice

1/25/2005
Murray to Protect Veterans’ Needs with Amendment to $80 Billion Supplemental

1/14/2005
Senator Murray Calls on President to Make Veterans’ Healthcare a Priority

12/9/2004
Statement of Senator Patty Murray on the Nomination of Jim Nicholson as Secretary of Veterans Affairs

6/18/2004
Murray Sends Letter to President Bush in Advance of Trip to Fort Lewis

6/17/2004
Victory for Guard and Reserve Families: Murray Gets Child Care Help into Defense Bill

6/17/2004
PHOTO: Victories for Guard & Reserves Families

6/15/2004
Murray Leads Effort to Reimburse Soldiers Who Paid for Body Armor

5/19/2004
Statement of Senator Murray on Providing Aid to Guard, Reservists and their Families

5/19/2004
PHOTO: Fighting for the Guard, Reservists and Their Families

4/28/2004
Murray Pays Tribute to First Coast Guardsman Killed in Iraq

2/12/2004
Murray Introduces Bill to Ease Burden on Guard/Reserve and Families

2/6/2004
Don’t Send Washington’s Troops to Iraq Without Life-Saving Body Armor, Murray Urges Defense Secretary

1/21/2004
Senator Murray's Response to President Bush's State of the Union Address

1/9/2004
PHOTO: Supporting Military Families

1/9/2004
PHOTO: Supporting the Washington National Guard

12/17/2003
Murray Congratulates Redmond Company on $3 Million Contract to Support American Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan

12/17/2003
Murray Secures $3 Million to Help American Soldiers Detect Chemical and Biological Hazards on the Battlefield

12/14/2003
Statement on the Capture of Saddam Hussein

12/9/2003
Murray Honors Stryker Brigade’s Fallen Soldiers

11/20/2003
PHOTO: Murray Meets with Members of Aeromedical Evacuation Squad

10/31/2003
Murray Calls for Investigation of Australian Wheat Board Sales to Iraq

10/17/2003
Statement by Sen. Murray on the $87 Billion Supplemental for Iraq & Afghanistan

9/27/2003
Democratic Radio Address
U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA)

9/24/2003
PHOTO: Senator Murray Questions Defense Secretary Rumsfeld about $87 Billion Supplemental Request

7/18/2003
Murray Speaks Out Against Reported Rapes in Iraq

5/6/2003
Murray Praises Crew at U.S.S. Lincoln Homecoming Celebration

5/6/2003
PHOTO: A Massive Homecoming for the U.S.S. Lincoln

5/1/2003
Statement by Senator Murray on End of Combat in Iraq

5/1/2003
Murray, Cantwell Honor the Crew of the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln

4/4/2003
Kohl-Murray Amendment Restoring Emerson Wheat Trust Passes Senate

3/20/2003
Murray Votes for Resolution Honoring America's Troops - Remarks

3/19/2003
Statement by Sen. Patty Murray on the Start of Military Action in Iraq

3/17/2003
Senator Murray Responds to President Bush's Remarks on Iraq

2/6/2003
Senator Murray on Secretary Powell's Presentation to the United Nations

10/22/2002
Murray Salutes Vietnam Veterans at Moving Wall Ceremony

10/9/2002
After Great Deliberation, Murray Opposes Iraq Resolution

9/20/2002
Senator Murray's Response to the President’s Proposed Resolution on Iraq

9/12/2002
IRAQ: Murray on the President’s Speech to the United Nations

8/26/2002
Murray Urges Bush to Consult Congress Before Taking Action on Iraq