[Davis Democrats] Sen. Barbara Boxer:Why I voted "No"

[John Chendo]

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From: Barbara Boxer <info at barbaraboxer.com>
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Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 21:01:52 GMT
To: John Chendo <jac07 at dcn.org>
Subject: Why I voted "No"

  
   <http://www.barbaraboxer.com>
  
  Dear John, Yesterday, I voted "No" on the Iraq war funding bill. I want to
share with you the remarks I made on the Senate floor.
 Senator Boxer's Floor Speech
May 24, 2007 In March and in April I voted for emergency spending
legislation that would have fully funded our troops in Iraq, but also
changed their mission to a sound one. That mission would have taken our
troops out of the middle of a civil war, and put them into a support role,
training Iraqi soldiers and police, fighting al Qaeda, and protecting our
troops. The President will not agree to that. As a matter of fact, the
President won't agree to any change in strategy in Iraq, and that is more
than a shame for the American people; it is a tragedy. It doesn't seem to
matter how many Americans die in Iraq, how many funerals we have here at
home, or what the American people think. The President won't budge. This new
bill on Iraq keeps the status quo. With a few frills around the outside, a
few reports, a few words about benchmarks. While our troops die. I
understand why this particular legislation is before us today. It's because
this President wants to continue his one man show in Iraq. The President
doesn't respect this Congress or the American people when it comes to Iraq.
He wants to brush us all off like some annoying spot on his jacket. We have
lost 3,427 American soldiers in Iraq. Of those, 731 (21%) have been from
California or based in California. There are 25,549 American soldiers
wounded. And today, after several days of worrying and praying, we received
the tragic news of the death of Private Joseph J. Anzack JR., 20 years old,
of Torrance, California, who was abducted during a deadly ambush south of
Baghdad almost two weeks ago. One member of his platoon, Spc. Daniel Seitz,
summed it up this way to the Associated Press: "It just angers me that it's
just another friend I've got to lose and deal with, because I've already
lost 13 friends since I've been here, and I don't know if I can take any
more of this." And he shouldn't have to. But with this bill, he will. The
first half of this year has already been deadlier than any six-month period
since the war began more than four years ago. In this month alone, 83 U.S.
Service members have already been killed in Iraq. Let me be clear, there are
many things in this bill that I strongly support--many provisions that I
actually fought for, for our troops, for our veterans, for our farmers, and
for the victims of Hurricane Katrina--but I must take a stand against this
Iraq war, and therefore I will vote no on this emergency spending bill.

Together, we will end this war.  We may not have won yesterday's vote, and
I'm very disappointed that we didn't, but with your help, that day is coming
soon.

In Friendship,



Barbara Boxer
U.S. Senator

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