Veterans boost McGovern bill calling for Afghanistan exit strategy

Source: The Boston Globe

WASHINGTON - Representative James McGovern of Massachusetts, who has launched the only effort in the US House to oppose President Obama's plans for the Afghan war, received an unexpected boost of support yesterday from a group of Afghan and Iraqi war veterans, who raced around Capitol Hill lobbying for his bill.

Congress is expected today to approve swiftly the $94.2 billion war-funding bill, which would support the 21,000 additional combat troops and military trainers Obama plans to deploy. But McGovern's bill, which the Democrat will file today, would require the Pentagon to come up with an exit strategy by the end of the year.

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Realizing that it could not stop the supplemental measure, the group focused instead on getting more support for McGovern's bill.

"Without an exit strategy, then the mission is doomed to fail," said Jake Diliberto, who fought in Afghanistan in 2001 as a Marine.





Read more: http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2009/05/14/veterans_boost_mcgovern_bill_calling_for_afghanistan_exit_strategy/

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I still think that the USA's Administration is putting their $$$ in a hole

like the banksters bailout

that coulda fed, housed and got health care for alot of their own citizens,

instead of wasting billions to go over and kill people half-way across the globe

something is terribly wrong . .

stead of against the "Red menace."


Perne in a gyre. Those who do not remember their history, yadda, yadda.


Who will be the next Shah we will install and support, causing future generations to resent the life out of us?


Who will be the next Bin Ladin we will fund and arm and later be attacked by?

Stay tuned.

P.S. Gotta love Massachusetts.