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As a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, Congressman Marty Meehan has been a vocal critic of the Bush Administration's handling of the war in Iraq. Since the outset of the war, Marty has advocated bringing on additional allies for the security and reconstruction efforts in Iraq. He has also been a leading critic of the Defense Department's failure to provide our troops with the technology, equipment, and logistical support they need to protect themselves.
Marty worked in the House of Representatives to urge the Administration to provide sufficient body armor for every soldier, many of whom spent up to $2,000 out of their own paychecks to provide necessary armor that the Pentagon failed to provide. In May he secured $1.6 billion to provide necessary armor for Humvees and purchase interceptor body armor for unprotected soldiers.
Marty has proposed an effective exit strategy from the quagmire in Iraq that will allow U.S. troops to come home, lead Iraq down the path to stability and democracy, and focus on the war on terror. The centerpiece of this plan is to bring additional allies into the reconstruction efforts and improve the training of Iraqi security forces to facilitate a withdrawal of U.S. troops as quickly as possible.
Marty's top priority is to implement an effective exit strategy by treating our allies as equals and negotiating their full participation in the operation in Iraq. Looking to the future, the reconstruction of Iraq is extremely important. Our exit can only occur when Iraq is ready to exist as an autonomous entity.
An exit timetable would make clear that our forces are in Iraq only as temporary peacekeepers not permanent occupiers. It would enhance the credibility of the Iraqi government, and America's credibility throughout the world.
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