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Dems Say: Pull troops from Iraq, send them to Pakistan
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AP via Raw Story - Dec 29, 2007
http://www.rawstory.com/news/mochila/Democrats_Redeploy_troops_from_Iraq_122
Democrats: Redeploy troops from Iraq
US Should Redeploy Troops From Iraq to Fight in Pakistan and
Afghanistan, Congresswoman Says
by Natasha T. Metzler
The Associated Press
The United States should redeploy troops from Iraq, allowing the
military to focus on terrorist threats in Pakistan and Afghanistan, New
York Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand said Saturday.
"Congress is challenging the administration's strategy in Iraq in favor
of a better one that will effectively combat terrorism and create
stability in the Middle East," she said during the weekly Democratic
radio address. "Time and time again, we voted for a strategy to
redeploy troops out of Iraq to leave policing the streets to Iraqis and
to focus our mission on anti-terrorism, and we won't give up."
Gillibrand's comments were taped a week earlier, before the
assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Bhutto
was killed Thursday when a suicide attacker shot at her and then blew
himself up as she left a campaign rally.
In addition to a new strategy in Iraq, Gillibrand said American forces
and veterans deserve better benefits in exchange for their sacrifices.
"Providing the greatest funding since World War II for benefits and
health care for our armed services and veterans is one of the most
important accomplishments of this Congress," Gillibrand said. "This
support is the beginning of what they have earned."
Gillibrand, a freshman member of Congress, reflected on other Democratic
accomplishments since her party took power in January. She listed
increasing automobile fuel economy standards, raising the minimum wage
and putting a one-year freeze on growth of the alternative minimum tax.
She said the party's goals for the coming year included reforming health
care, addressing the mortgage crisis, balancing the budget, improving
infrastructure and assisting family farms.
"This new Congress has a vision for change that we have begun, step by
step, to realize," Gillibrand said.
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