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Brent Budowsky: Democrats Answer to Republican Resolution Regarding MoveOn.org
Democrats Answer to Republican Resolution Regarding MoveOn.org
by Brent Budowsky | Sep 25 2007 -



Sens. Jim Webb (Va.), Jack Reed (R.I.), Daniel Inouye (Hawaii) and every other Democrat who has served in uniform should go the Senate floor together and call for a vote on a resolution similar to the following:

Be it resolved that the United States Senate deplores actions take by President Bush that have led to preventable casualties for those killed or wounded in action as a result of the continuing failure to provide body armor and fully protected vehicles;

The Senate deplores the president’s lack of support for key areas of military medicine and care, which has resulted in unacceptable shortcomings in treatment for many wounded troops and veterans;

The Senate deplores the president’s failure to devote sufficient resources to veterans and the resulting harm done through veterans’ centers that are undersupported and treatment of disabled veterans that in many cases is grossly unfair and punitive.

The Senate deplores the president’s lack of support for homeless veterans at a time when homelessness among veterans is rising;

The Senate deplores the mismanagement, crimes and corruption that surround the president’s policies of occupation in Iraq, in which tens of billions of American dollars and tens of billions of dollars’ worth of Iraqi cash have been lost, stolen or otherwise fallen into the hands of criminals and those attacking American troops;

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