Murtha’s Remarks to the National Press Club

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http://www.house.gov/list/press/pa12_murtha/npcremarks.html

(Washington D.C.)- Congressman John P. Murtha, Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, delivered the following remarks today at the National Press Club:


Last week Americans heard the testimony of General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker. General Jones and the GAO have reported their findings to us. Americans listened to the President’s prime time address. Despite the mixed reports, moving benchmarks and morphed messaging, this Administration remains committed to U.S. troops in Iraq for an indefinite period. Rather than taking ownership of its own failed policy, this Administration asks our military to carry the full burden and now to defend it politically. Rather than taking immediate corrective action, this Administration now appears content with running out the clock.



On November 17, 2005, I said that the President’s war in Iraq is a “flawed policy wrapped in illusion.” Although his slogans might have changed, the President’s most recent appeal is still more of the same. More flawed policies and more illusions.