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IN HONOR FOR EVERYONE WHO IS HERE ON TIME, WE ARE GOING TO GET STARTED, AND I THINK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. I REPRESENT THE SIXTH DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA....
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| 00:00:29 |
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OF AN IDEA OF THE MAGNIFICENT DISTRICT THIS CONGRESSMAN REPRESENTS, NOT BECAUSE IT IS A BEAUTIFUL, WHICH IT IS, BUT BECAUSE THE PEOPLE ARE BEAUTIFUL...
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| 00:09:32 |
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BUT I WANT TO WELCOME
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| 00:09:34 |
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YOU, I WANT TO JUST SAY HOW IT IS $TO SEE YOU. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, ACTUALLY, TO TALK WITH YOU DURING THE FOUR DAY WINTER SOLDIER WEEKEND IN SILVER...
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| 00:16:51 |
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WE GET TO INTRODUCE SERGEANT KELLY DOUGHERTY. DELI GREW UP IN CANNON CITY, COLORADO. SHE JOINED THE COLORADO NATIONAL GUARD IN 1996 AS A MEDIC. IN...
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| 00:18:48 |
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SOLDIERS ON THE HILL. TWO MONTHS AGO, OVER 200 IBWA MEMBERS GATHERED IN MARYLAND TO SUBMIT, LISTEN TO AND OFFER THEIR EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS OF THE OCCUPATION...
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| 00:24:20 |
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OUR PANELISTS. ARE WE STARTING WITH SCOTT? EXCUSE ME, JASON. >> MEMBERS OF THE PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS, THANK YOU FOR HEARING OUR TESTIMONY TODAY. HEAR OUR...
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| 00:24:48 |
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LEMIEUX. I SPENT FOUR YEARS IN IRAQ. DURING THAT TIME, IN ABSENCE OF A CONGRESSIONAL DECLARATION OF WAR I SERVED TWO LIMITS. I WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED...
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| 00:33:03 |
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OUR DEPLOYMENT AND PRESIDENT BUSH MADE A SPEECH AT THE CITY CLUB IN CLEVELAND IN WHICH HE TALKED ABOUT OUR SPECIFIC DEPLOYMENT. AND IN THAT SPEECH,...
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| 00:37:22 |
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FUNERAL. SO WE USED A CHEMICAL EXPLOSIVE DETECTION KIT CALLED X RAY ON THEIR HANDS. ONE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO TAKE A PIECE OF PAPER AND SWAB THEIR HANDS...
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| 00:42:08 |
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OF AWOL. I WAS MAILED MY HONORABLE DISCHARGE IN MAY 2007. I'D LIKE TO SUMMARIZE MY WRITTEN TESTIMONY. ALL OF THE
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| 00:42:16 |
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TESTIFIERS HAVE SUBMITTED FULL WRITTEN TESTIMONY TO THE CHAIR SO THAT IT CAN BE ENTERED INTO THE RECORD. AND I WILL SUMMARIZE MY TESTIMONY. I'D LIKE...
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| 00:42:47 |
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BILL GUARD AND CHRIS SHIELDS. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE COCHAIR, REPRESENTATIVE LEE AND REPRESENTATIVE WATERS FOR LISTENING TO MORE THAN JUST POLITICIANS,...
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| 00:42:59 |
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GENERALS. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO SOLDIERS. AT SOME POINT IN THE SUMMER OF 2005, I HAVE TO SAY I CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN, IN IRAQ A YEAR BECOMES A MONTH,...
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| 00:46:46 |
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| 00:46:50 |
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OF. ALL OF OUR STORIES DO NOT BEGIN ON THE DAY WE ENLISTED. ALL OF OUR STORIES BEGIN WITH CHILDHOOD. MY STORY BEGINS WITH THIS IMAGE RIGHT HERE....
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| 00:57:16 |
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ALSO. WE NEVER DO ANYTHING THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE YOU. MAXINE WATERS IS THE FOUNDER OF THE OUT OF IRAQ CAUCUS. MAXINE AND SHEILA IS NGS OPINION OPINION....
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| 00:57:59 |
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NO STRANGER TO ME. I'VE INTERACTED WITH HIM ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION AS HE'S BEEN IN THESE HALLS TRYING TO TELL THE STORY OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN...
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| 01:01:14 |
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SHARE IN MY FEELINGS ABOUT THIS, THEY HAD
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| 01:01:17 |
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BETTER GET OUT OF THE WAY BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GET IT. YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT. YOU MUST HAVE IT. AND I'M SO GLAD THAW DID NOT TAKE YOUR LIFE, THAT...
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| 01:02:23 |
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ARE MANY THAT I
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| 01:02:26 |
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KNOW WHO GOT OUT OF THE ARMY WHO ARE DOING NOTHING BUT SITTING IN THEIR BASEMENT AND DRINKING AND YELLING AT THE TV WATCHING FOX NEWS. IT'S VERY HARD...
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| 01:03:09 |
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SERGEANT KELLY FOR COMING BACK AND PUTTING
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| 01:03:12 |
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HER ANGUISH THE WAY WE ALWAYS LOOK AT AMERICANS IS TO FIX IT AND TO MAKE IT RIGHT. I THINK YOUR GENERATION OF SOLDIERS WILL REALLY CLAIM THE NAMES,...
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| 01:08:25 |
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SILVER
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| 01:08:26 |
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SPRINGS I BELIEVE IT WAS ONLY PACIFICA MEDIA THAT COVERED THAT VERY POWERFUL FOUR DAYS. I'M DELIGHTED WE HAVE THE MEDIA HERE TODAY, BECAUSE YOUR TESTIMONIAL...
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| 01:10:52 |
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BAYONET TRAINING. AND WE ARE PUTTING A BAYO NET, A KNIFE, ON THE END OF A RIFLE AND WE REPEATEDLY STAB A DUMMY THAT LOOKS LIKE A HUMAN BEING AND YELL...
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| 01:11:25 |
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REQUIRED. THE FIRST TIME I HEARD IT,
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| 01:11:27 |
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I REFUSED TO SAY IT. IT WASN'T BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO BE A SOLDIER. IT WAS BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS WEIRD. AND THE RESPONSE TO THE QUESTION, SOLDIERS,...
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| 01:12:12 |
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D.C. OFFICE, OUR HOME TO MEET FROM OUR HOME FRONT BATTLE BUDDIES HE. THAT PROGRAM IS EXTENDING NATIONALLY. WE IN IRAQ VETERANS AGAINST WAR ARE SAYING...
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| 01:13:46 |
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HEART. I MEAN, WHEN I FIRST INTRODUCED LEGISLATION TO BRING OUR TROOPS HOME, I WAS CRIMINALIZED AROUND THE COUNTRY WHEN BARBARA LEE VOTED AGAINST THE...
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| 01:16:23 |
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MY THAT MY PSYCHOLOGY SESSIONS WERE GOING TO BE TERMINATED BECAUSE SHE WAS MOVING TO A DIFFERENT WARD OF THE PSYCHOLOGY UNIT THERE AT THE HOSPITAL WHERE...
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| 01:17:49 |
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I'VE PERSONALLY INCURRED.
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| 01:17:53 |
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BEYOND THAT, FOR ME, I AM ACTUALLY GOING TO SCHOOL, SO ACADEMICS HAS PLAYED A BIG PART IN MY GETTING OVER IT AND I'M ACTUALLY DOING RESEARCH INTO VARIOUS...
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| 01:19:09 |
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MONTHS UNTIL I FELT INTO A PIT OF
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| 01:19:12 |
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DEPRESSION. AND I WENT ONLINE, FILED FOR COMPENSATION BACK IN OCTOBER AND I HAVEN'T SEEN A RESPONSE OTHER THAN WE'RE WAITING ON YOUR PAPERWORK TO GO...
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| 01:20:49 |
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DO THAT YOU VOLUNTEERED TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR COUNTRY AND YOU DID THE BEST YOU COULD. THE MORAL DEBT BELONGS TO US. THANK YOU. OKAY OPINION NOW, THE...
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| 01:22:15 |
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A RIFLEMAN AND MACHINE GUNNER. I WAS DEPLOYED TO IRAQ IN AUGUST 2004. OUR AREA OF OPERATION WAS A SMALL BORDERTOWN A MILE SOUTH OF THE EUPHRATES AND...
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| 01:29:26 |
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2003 WITH THE
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| 01:29:27 |
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SECOND MARINE DIVISION, AND SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE NUCLEAR BIOLOGICAL CHEMICAL RECONNAISSANCE TEAM. LATER IN THE SAME MONTH OF RETURNING HOME I DEPLOYED...
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| 01:37:54 |
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BACKGROUND CAN BE SUMMARIZED BY A FORM I FILLED 9/JUNE 1999 AT THE STATION AFTER ENLISTING IN SANTA FE NEW MEXICO WHY I JOINED THE MARINE CORPS....
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| 01:38:11 |
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OKLAHOMA AND WENT TO COLLEGE AT CLAREMONT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. AND IN THE RUN-UP TO THE WAR, I BELIEVED THE NARRATIVE THAT WAS BEING PUT FORTH...
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| 01:47:42 |
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BATTALION BATTALION. WHICH POINT
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| 01:47:44 |
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I SERVED TWO DEPLOYMENTS IN IRAQ, FIRST FROM FEBRUARY OF 2003, DURING NOVEMBER 2003 WITH THIRD PLATOON. SECOND DEPLOYMENT AUGUST 2004 THROUGH MARCH...
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| 01:55:53 |
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IN
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| 01:55:54 |
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ADVANCE FOR ANY STA CAT TOE TESTIMONY THAT I GIVE. I'M ENDURING PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL WOUNDS FROM IRAQ AND 17 YEARS OF ARMY SERVICE. SO I WILL...
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| 01:56:07 |
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MY TESTIMONY AS COHERENT AS POSSIBLE. MY TESTIMONY IS IN THE FORM OF A LETTER ADDRESSED TO COLONEL TED WESTHUSSING AND READS, DEAR TED, YOU WERE R....
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| 02:05:50 |
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NOW. >> I THANK THE WITNESSES VERY MUCH AND THE LEADERSHIP OF THE PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS FOR HOSTING THIS HEARING TODAY. LET ME JUST
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| 02:06:01 |
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SAY THAT FOR MR. MR.
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| 02:06:05 |
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MONTAVINS' TESTIMONY I DO NOT HAVE THAT IN MY PACKET. I HOPE WE'LL BE AFFORDED THE
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| 02:06:11 |
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OPPORTUNITY TO COPY YOUR REMARKS TODAY. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATRIOTISM AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY. I'M...
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| 02:09:48 |
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CROSS-TRAINED AGS MILITARY POLICE AND DEPLOYED. AND WHEN IRAQ NEEDS DESPERATELY MORE THAN ANYTHING IS RULE OF LAW. THEY WILL NEVER GET IT WITH A FOREIGN...
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| 02:10:47 |
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DEPLOYMENT, THAT A SINGLE
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| 02:10:49 |
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IRAQI POLICEMAN CORRUPT AS HE MAY BE WITH A SINGLE AK-47 HAS MORE AFFECT IN CREATING RULE OF LAW IN A SMALL IRAQI VILLAGE THAN AN ENTIRE PLATOON OF...
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| 02:12:14 |
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THAN A MINUTE. >> LET ME JUST TELL YOU GUYS, I'LL BE BACK. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE
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| 02:12:20 |
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DONE. >> WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AND YOUR FELLOW CONGRESSMEN. GO AHEAD AND GO ON AND INVITE THEM BACK UP HERE. >> YOU GOT
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| 02:12:28 |
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IT,
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| 02:12:32 |
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| 02:12:35 |
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| 02:12:37 |
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| 02:12:42 |
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BUDDY.
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| 02:13:05 |
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HEAR FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS CONTINUING THE FORUM WITH E-IRAQ WAR VETERANS OPPOSES TO THE WAR. >> -- CONTINUED TESTIMONY, QUESTIONS...
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| 02:14:04 |
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MOST SENIOR MEMBER, ONLY THOUGH FIFTH IN SENIORITY AT THAT TIME, BUT I WAS THE FIRST MEMBER ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE TO VEHEMENTLY OPPOSE GIVING THE PREEMPTIVE...
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| 02:16:57 |
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WAR. AND THAT THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS HAVE
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| 02:16:59 |
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NOT HAD THE COURAGE TO LEARN AND TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAS REALLY BEEN HAPPENING HERE AND TO STOP THE FUNDING. AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE JUST VOTED ON A RULE...
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| 02:17:39 |
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WE SAID THE MEMBERS DESERVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE UP OR DOWN ON THIS ISSUE. DON'T PILE THE FUNDING UP WITH DOMESTIC SPENDING TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL...
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| 02:20:14 |
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TOO LONG. NOW -- >>
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| 02:20:16 |
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DECEMBER '09. >> THAT'S TOO LONG FOR ME. BUT I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU SO YOU'LL KNOW WHEN TALKING TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WHO ARE TELLING YOU ALL...
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| 02:20:36 |
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THINGS THAT YOU HAVE DESCRIBED HERE TO
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| 02:20:38 |
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US. LET ME JUST ASK MR. GILLIGAN, I THINK YOU SAID THAT YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO NAME GENERALS. WAS THAT YOU SHADE THAT SAID THAT? >> MA'AM, I DON'T...
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| 02:21:09 |
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A MOMENT
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| 02:21:10 |
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ON FALLUJAH. I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE
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| 02:21:12 |
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BEEN A THE LOT OF CONFRONT TAKINGS AND A LOT OF FIGHTING AND DIFFERENT AREAS. BUT FOR SOME
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| 02:21:21 |
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REASON, FALLUJAH LOOMGED LARGE AT THE POINT WE WERE LEARNING ABOUT IT AND EMANS THAT WE WERE SEEING COMING BACK AND FALLUJAH. IT LOOKED AS IF OUR MILITARY...
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| 02:22:06 |
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THE CITY TO THE BRIGADE OF IRAQI SECURITY FORCES. WE KNEW, AND I AS A SERGEANT KNEW, AND ALL OF MY MARINES KNEW, BYDOWN OF 2004, WE WERE ARMING AND...
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| 02:24:46 |
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MA NIPLATIONS LED THAT UNNECESSARY DEATHS HAPPENS AT THE HIGHEST POLICY MAKING LEVEL. STATE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL PRESENT DURING NEGOTIATION THAT CREATED...
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| 02:25:07 |
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SAY IN THE TIMING OR THE ACTUAL CONDUCT OF THOSE ENGAGEMENTS. >> THANK YOU. FINALLY, THE CIVILIANS WHO DIED THERE, WHO WERE IN THOSE HOUSES, WHERE IT...
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| 02:25:33 |
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THAT POLICY WAS NOT A GOOD POLICY THAT PEOPLE DIED NEEDLESSLY, SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS? >> IN TERMS OF KICKING DOWN DOORS, REFERRING TO THE SECOND BATTLE...
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| 02:26:01 |
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DISTRIBUTED A COUPLE MILLION DOLLARS THAT WAY. INTERVIEWS BY AL-JAZEERA BECAUSE DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS WAS UNPRECEDENTED. WE TURN AROUND AND PAY...
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| 02:27:02 |
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OR QUICK WITH DRAWEL FROM IRAQ
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| 02:27:04 |
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THAT IT WOULD LEAD TO MORE
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| 02:27:06 |
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CHAOS THAN EXISTS TODAY. AND THAT YOU ALSO HEAR AS A COROLLARY TO THAT, THAT YOU KNOW, WE -- THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO SOMEHOW STAY UNTIL WE QUOTE/UNQUOTE...
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| 02:27:47 |
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| 02:27:48 |
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AMERICANEN TER
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| 02:27:50 |
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PRIZE INSTITUTE. I'MS THE SYNAPSE DON'T FIRE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A MISCONCEPTION THAT STAYING IN IRAQ IS VITS TOLL OUR NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS AND...
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| 02:30:26 |
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DAY THE MORE WILL BE TO FOLLOW
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| 02:30:28 |
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US HOME. WE CALL FOR THE IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL OF OCCUPYING FORCES. THE IMMEDIATE AND ON PAX, THAT IS THE FORCEFUL INTERFERENCE WITH IRAQI SOVEREIGNTY...
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| 02:31:23 |
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HEARING ABOUT IEDs, THINGS WE'VE BEEN -- YOU'VE BEEN HEARING IT TOO, RIGHT? BUT MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE IRAQI/IRANIAN RELATIONSHIP....
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| 02:32:24 |
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WE SAY AHMADINEJAD WAS GREETED AND WELCOMED ENTHUSE AFTERICALLY IN BAGHDAD THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES FLIES IN UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS WITH NO...
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| 02:33:01 |
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AND OUT OF THERE. AND HE GOES RIGHT IN THERE. LAST QUESTION, WE HAVE TO MOVE ON, CONTRACTORS, CONTRACTORS, OKAY. THAT'S NOT MY GOOD LAST QUESTION....
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| 02:33:54 |
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YOU'RE MEETING PEOPLE THAT I MEAN THEY KNOW IT'S UP. THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE MARINE AIR WING IS CAPABLE OF, KNOW EXACTLY WHAT OUR PRISON SYSTEMS ARE...
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| 02:34:46 |
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THAT SCANDAL OCCURRING THE WAY IT HAD. AND THAT THAT WAS THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE WERE FACING. THAT WE STILL -- THAT THE NEW CHALLENGE THAT I HAD THAT...
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| 02:35:23 |
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HOUSE. THE IRANIANS HAVE BEEN USING EFP AND ROCKETS IN IRAQ. THEY HAVE UNDUE INFLUNENS IRAQ AND FOR VERY GOOD REASON. THAT'S WITHOUT QUESTION. QUESTION...
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| 02:36:10 |
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WAR AGAINST IRAN BECAUSE THEY'RE IN I LACK IRAQ AT THE INVITATION OF THE GOVERNMENT? OR AM I WRONG? >> CONGRESSMAN, WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE THAT AS A RHETORICAL...
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| 02:36:39 |
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ASK THE QUESTION THAT I POSED EARLIER, AND THAT IS, WOULD YOU WORK WITH US AND JOIN US IN WORKING TO BRING 100,000 PEOPLE AGAIN TO THE
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| 02:36:51 |
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MALL IN THEIR OPPOSITION TO THE WAR BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, TO MAKE A FINAL AND IMPORTANT STATEMENT THAT MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND THIS IS BOTTOM LINE,...
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| 02:37:53 |
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RIGHT? YES. >> I WILL TAKE
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| 02:37:55 |
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A STAND WITH LOUIS, WHAT HE SAID. >> THANK YOU, ADAM? >> I WOULD ONLY SUPPORT SUCH AN EFFORT IF IT WERE
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| 02:38:02 |
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TIED TO MORE SUBSTANTIVE ACTION, BECAUSE WHEN JUSTICE BECOMES LAW,
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| 02:38:07 |
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RESISTANCE BECOMES DUTY AND AMASSING THAT
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| 02:38:09 |
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NUMBER OF PEOPLE WOULD SIMPLY BE AN EXPRESSION OF THE ANTI-WAR SENTIMENT THAT WE KNOW EXISTS THROUGHOUT AMERICA.
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| 02:38:15 |
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IT WOULD NOT BE AS
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| 02:38:18 |
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PRODUCTIVE AS ORGANIZING AND SUPPORTING
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| 02:38:20 |
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THE RESISTANCE THAT WE TAKE IT AS z@-)@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ N#S)M O@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ZZb' FUNDING...
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| 02:40:01 |
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ACTIVE
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| 02:40:03 |
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DUTY? >> NONE OF US ON
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| 02:40:04 |
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THE PANEL ARE, MA'AM, BUT WE HAVE
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| 02:40:06 |
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NUMEROUS MEMBERS WHO ARE ON ACTIVE DUTY IN THE
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| 02:40:08 |
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RESERVES AND INACTIVE
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| 02:40:09 |
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RESERVES, AND A NUMBER CURRENTLY SERVING IN IRAQ TODAY. >> WOULD YOU COMMENT, VINCENT, ON THE QUESTIONS OF YOUR PATRIOTISM BY APPEARING HERE TODAY...
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| 02:40:24 |
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WAR? HAVING WORN THE UNIFORM. CHALLENGES TO YOUR PATRIOTISM. >> I USUALLY DON'T ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS, BECAUSE MY ANSWER IS SIMPLY I'M A VETERAN, AND...
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| 02:40:36 |
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ARE THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO FOUGHT IN THIS OCCUPATION ENTHINK WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY WHATEVER IT IS WE EXPERIENCED DURING OUR TIME OVER THERE. >> THANK...
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| 02:40:50 |
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OF THIS ROOM A HALF HOUR AGO. I'M NOT GOING TO RUSH IT. >> WE OUGHT TO OCCUPY IT. >> THAT'S RIGHT. WE HAVE THREE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO DO. WE HAVE...
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| 02:41:04 |
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| 02:41:05 |
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MILLARDS GOING TO MAKE A CLOSING STATEMENT FOR THE IRAQI VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR, CONGRESSWOMAN LEE IS GOING TO MAKE A CLOSING STATEMENT, AND THEN...
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| 02:41:16 |
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| 02:41:18 |
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TO A CLOSE. >> I WANT TO YIELD AND SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE HEARING. I'LL ACCEPT IT AND HOPE WE'LL MEET IN MY OFFICE AND ACCEPT THAT CHALLENGE....
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| 02:41:41 |
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THE WAR. A SOLDIER, AFTER THEIR CONTRACT TO THE MILITARY IS OVER, KNOWS THAT THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE COUNTRY REMAINS. THE
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| 02:41:50 |
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MEMBERS OF IRAQ VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR THAT YOU HAVE HEARD
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| 02:41:53 |
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FROM TODAY COULD EVOLVE SIMPLY GONE HOME AS WAR HEROES, PINNED OUR MEDALS ON OUR CHESTS AND MOVED ON WITH OUR LIVES. INSTEAD, WE HAVE CONTINUED ON...
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| 02:43:58 |
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SOME WHO MAY TRY TO QUESTION THE RELIABILITY OF YOUR TESTIMONY. WE RECEIVED SOME COMMUNICATION FROM SOME WHO, YOU KNOW, IN MANY
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| 02:44:08 |
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WAYS WOULD DO THAT, BUT THESE MEMBERS DON'T. WE APPRECIATE YOUR COURAGE, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR MOVING FORWARD TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO END THIS...
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| 02:48:20 |
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INTO CONTACT WITH A HOSTILE
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| 02:48:22 |
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FORCE, WHEN THEY KILL
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| 02:48:23 |
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THEM, IT IS WRITTEN UP ON MOST BLOGS AS THEY'RE KILLING MILITANTS. EVERY TIME AN AMERICAN FORCE OPERATES IN AND AROUND THE AREA OF IRAQ AND THEY MEET...
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| 02:49:14 |
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OF ESCORTING A NUMBER OF CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATIONS TO IRAQ, AROUND VARIOUS PARTS OF IRAQ, AND I, FOR ONE, WOULD BE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN A CONGRESSIONAL...
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| 02:50:19 |
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THANK YOU, CONGRESSWOMAN WATERS, FOR IT TAKING THREE STRONG WOMEN AND WE CAN GET A LOT DONE. I THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO CAME TODAY. YES, THERE...
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| 02:50:36 |
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THAT DOESN'T MEAN THOSE MANY WHO WEREN'T HERE DON'T CARE, BELIEVE ME. WE WERE DOWN ON THE FLOOR FOR THE VOTE, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF REASONS WHY PEOPLE...
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