For those of you who didn’t see Peter DeFazio D-OR on C-SPAN on November 18, 2005 the transcript of his rousing reaction to Duncan Hunter’ R-CA slap in the face of the troops and hijacking of Jack Murtha’s thoughtful resolution to redeploy the troops.
Read MoreContrary to what some of you may think, John, my Marine corporal son, rarely speaks to me of his time in Iraq. Despite his knowing that I have an unquenchable thirst to know every detail of his life in Ramadi, he talks about Iraq only as an aside to something else. It takes careful, time consuming and all too often fruitless effort on my part to extract the smallest morsel of information. Still, each time I speak to him I learn just a little more. One of these nuggets, a small piece that ads some texture to my murky vision of his daily life in Iraq was the sign on the gate post they passed whenever they went on patrol. ‘Complacency Kills‘
Read MoreVia the DCCC I just received an email from Jack Murtha. The email asks that we sign a petition to demand of Congress an ‘honest’ debate about Iraq and our troops. Murtha reiterates once again what ought to be the...
Read MoreMurtha once again stepped up to the plate today to advocate for our troops and our childrens’ economic future. He came out swinging after President Bush’s speech this morning and unlike President Bush, Murtha took...
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