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Washington, D.C. - During a lengthy debate on the progress of the War on Terrorism, Congressman Randy Neugebauer stated his strong support for the United States’ mission in Iraq and for our troops who are protecting Americans by taking the fight to enemy to win the War on Terrorism.
“We have a choice,” Neugebauer said. “We can fight the War on Terrorism in other places around the world or we can fight it here in America. The right choice is to fight those terrorists where they are.”
On Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives approved H.Res. 861, a resolution declaring that “the United States will prevail in the Global War on Terror.” The House spent ten hours debating the measure, which passed by a vote of 256-153. This debate comes on the heels of two major breakthroughs in the War on Terrorism – the formation of a full Iraqi government and the death of al-Qaeda’s principal leader in Iraq, Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi.
Neugebauer also thanked the American troops for their bravery and congratulated them for their accomplishments in Iraq.
“Because of our troops’ efforts in Iraq, terrorists, like Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, are being eliminated,” Neugebauer said. “Because of our troops’ efforts in Iraq, Iraqi Security Forces are increasingly taking control of protecting Iraqi citizens. Because of our troops’ efforts in Iraq, the world no longer has to worry about Saddam Hussein and his ambitions to use weapons of mass destruction. And because of our troops’ efforts in Iraq, we are safer here at home.”
H.Res. 861 states, among other things, that:
- “It is essential to the security of the American people and to world security that the United States, together with its allies, takes the battle to the terrorists and to those who provide them assistance.”
- “The steadfast resolve of the United States and its partners since September 11, 2001, helped persuade the government of Libya to surrender its weapons of mass destruction.”
- “It is not in the national security interest of the United States to set an arbitrary date for the withdrawal or redeployment of United States Armed Forces from Iraq.”
- The resolution also “calls upon the nations of the world to promote global peace and security by standing with the United States and other Coalition partners to support the efforts of the Iraqi and Afghan people to live in freedom.”
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