Richard Durbin on America’s Newsroom
Senator Richard Durbin appeared on America’s Newsroom this morning to discuss the President’s intent to veto the Iraq War Spending Bill…
Well, the president still threatens to veto this bill — which would fully fund the troops and, equally important, change the mission in Iraq. If he does veto the bill, he’s said he wants to meet with us tomorrow, the leadership in Congress.
It’s the president’s move. We believe that we need to change direction in this war that his policy has failed, that sending more troops into the midst of a civil war is just going to invite more deaths.
We’ve lost 3,351 Americans as I sit here today. That’s just unacceptable. We have to bring this war to an end.
Let’s just bring the troops home this weekend!!! Why wait on anything???????
Comment by Olivia — May 1, 2007 @ 4:50 pm
I think the Dems should wear shirts that say, “See, we tried” to appease the MoveOn crowd. The Dems are banking on Bush vetoing this… that’s the only reason they pushed it through. I refuse to believe that all of them fail to recognize the disaster they would leave behind if their resolution actually passed.
Comment by ImNotBlue — May 1, 2007 @ 5:23 pm
Just so you know, the timeline aspect is not something that only appeals to the MoveOn crowd. Many Independents and Republicans think Bush’s Iraq policies need a change of direction and want timelines too.
Comment by STP — May 2, 2007 @ 8:05 am
Change of direction? Now just what would that be?
Comment by spiffo — May 2, 2007 @ 11:52 am
INB, why are you still making predictions? Havent you guys been wrong with EVERY single predictions so far?
Comment by Randy — May 2, 2007 @ 1:10 pm