Bill provides the funding that troops currently on the ground in Iraq need, while imposing accountability as first step toward redeploying troops
With Major Speech and Vote for Feingold-Reid Amendment, Murray Shows Urgency of Changing Course in Iraq and Making America More Secure
Gates on benchmarks: “We are buying them time for political reconciliation, and every day we buy them we buy with American blood.”
Murray says: “Four years ago today the President stood among our troops to declare an end to combat operations in Iraq. Now he stands alone in denying them the support and leadership they need.”
Senator Calls on President Bush to Finally Listen to the American People and Military Experts,
Demand Benchmarks from the Iraqi Government, Refocus the Fight Against Terrorists,
and Sign the Supplemental that Funds our Troops and Veterans
