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http://biden.senate.gov/press/press_releases/release/?id=7464ABD5-7D85-4E41-98C4-F7DA136BA916BIDEN Responds to Sen. McCain’s Comments that it’s “Not Too Important” when American Troops Come Home from Iraq
June 11, 2008
Washington, DC – Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-DE) issued the following statement today after Senator McCain’s comments this morning on the Today Show that it’s “not too important” when American forces can come home from Iraq:
“Senator McCain’s comment is evidence that he is totally out of touch with the needs of our troops and the national security needs of our nation. I think many of our brave soldiers and their families would disagree that it’s ‘not too important’ when they come home.
“Knowing when our troops can come home from Iraq is vitally important, because the costs of staying with 140,000 or more troops are getting steeper every day: the continued loss of the lives and limbs of our soldiers; the strain on our troops and their families due to repeated, extended tours; the drain on our Treasury – $3 billion every week; the impact on the readiness of our armed forces; and the inability to send enough soldiers to the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, where the people who actually attacked us on 9-11 have regrouped and are plotting new attacks. It is long past time to refocus our foreign policy on the many challenges we face, not just Iraq.
“Like President Bush, Senator McCain cannot tell the American people when, or even if, Iraqis will come together politically – which was the purpose of the surge in the first place. He can’t tell us when, or even if, we will draw down below pre-surge levels. He can’t tell us when, or even if, Iraq will be able to stand on its own two feet. He can’t tell us when, or even if, this war will end.”
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