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Act today, May 25th, to Support the Woolsey Amendment!

Support the Woolsey Amendment calling for a timetable for a withdrawal of US troops from Iraq.

Although the Woolsey amendment is not perfect, if adopted, it will begin to reframe the debate about Iraq and lead to discussion about how to move towards total Iraqi sovereignty and U.S. withdrawal.

The Woolsey Amendment to H.R. 1815: Regarding a Sense of Congress that the President should develop a plan for the withdrawal of U.S. military forces from Iraq, and submit this plan to the congressional defense committees, will be voted on the House floor today during debate of H.R. 1815 - the National Defense Authorization Act for FY06.

The Woolsey Amendment to H.R. 1815 reads as follows: It is the sense of Congress that the President should --

1. develop a plan as soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act to provide for the withdrawal of united States Armed Forces from Iraq; and

2. transmit to the congressional defense committees a report that contains the plan described in paragraph (1).

February 09, 2010

Subject:

I urge you to vote for the Woolsey sense of the Congress amendment that asks President Bush to develop a plan as soon as practicable to withdraw American troops from Iraq. Debate over the future of the American intervention into Iraq is overdue in Congress. After more than two years of fighting, the authorization of more than $200 billion to fight the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, over 1,600 American deaths and 12,000 wounded, and many more Iraqi casualties, this country needs a dialogue on the future American policy towards Iraq. The Woolsey amendment provides no deadlines and no timeframe. It simply calls for the President to submit a plan to Congress on the withdrawal of American forces. This amendment is consistent with the stated policy of President Bush not to stay in Iraq indefinitely. On April 13, 2004, he stated "As a proud and independent people, Iraqis do not support an indefinite occupation and neither does America." This amendment is being offered in the context of declining public support for the war. As USA Today reported on May 3, 2005, "Support for the decision to go to war in Iraq has fallen to its lowest level since the campaign began in March 2003 . . . 41% say the war was worth it; 57% say it wasn't." If the Woolsey amendment is adopted, it will begin to reframe the debate about Iraq and lead to discussion about how to move towards total Iraqi sovereignty and U.S. withdrawal. I urge a "yes" vote on the Woolsey amendment. Please let me know how you voted on this amendment and your reasons for doing so.
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