***August 3, 2006
Biden Initiative Passes Senate: No Permanent Bases in Iraq
Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Senate passed an amendment introduced by U.S. Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE) that would put the Senate on record as opposing permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq and U.S. control of the country’s natural resources. Biden’s amendment was part of the FY’07 Department of Defense Appropriations Bill, annual legislation that funds U.S. military activities around the world.
http://biden.senate.gov/newsroom/details.cfm?id=261281&&***notice date on this one (gee - WAY before all of the other candidates running)
June 21, 2006
Biden Leads on Iraq Strategy
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE) was instrumental in spearheading key elements of an amendment to the Defense Authorization bill that sets out a strategy for success in Iraq. The amendment, introduced by Senators Carl Levin, Jack Reed, Dianne Feinstein and Ken Salazar, calls for starting a “phased redeployment” of U.S. forces from Iraq in 2006 and a plan to stabilize Iraq.
http://biden.senate.gov/newsroom/details.cfm?id=257590&&***here's him fighting against Bush and this war in
2005June 15, 2005
Press Release
Biden Calls for More Candor From the Administration and More Congressional Oversight on Iraq Policy
WASHINGTON, DC -- Citing the need to regain the public’s trust, U.S. Senator Joe Biden (D-DE), the top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, today called on Congress to hold more hearings on Iraq and asked President Bush to level with the American people.
Biden, who recently returned from his fifth trip to Iraq, said that Congress and the Administration should develop clear benchmarks for progress in Iraq in several key areas: security, reconstruction, governance and internationalization.
http://biden.senate.gov/newsroom/details.cfm?id=238991***Biden was the first one in the Senate to start the debate on Iraq:
02/05/2007
Today, the Senate takes the first step in a bipartisan effort to prevent the escalation of the war in Iraq - and to adopt a new strategy for leaving Iraq without leaving chaos behind.
That first step is to debate and vote on the resolution offered by Senator Warner, and re-introduced by Senator Levin and me as a bill, that says that the Senate disagrees with the President's plan to send 17,500 more American troops into the middle of a civil war in Baghdad.
***And he got the troops MRAPs...until the idiot in chief vetoed that bill.
"What in the hell are we doing?" the senator demanded to know. "How can we justify anything, anything we do before we spend that money now to put these kids in those vehicles?" Because each MRAP transports four to 12 troops, accelerating this year's production by 2,500 vehicles would "affect from 10,000 to 30,000 lives in the next six months," he explained. "We're sitting here making no sacrifices, making no sounds about the urgency of doing that?"
His resolution passed unanimously.
-----------------------------------
I could do this all nite ...but here is his comments on why he voted the way he did WHICH WAS KNOWN 2 DAYS BEFORE THE VOTE not when the vote was almost over:
But the practical reality is that, for now, those of us who want to change course in Iraq don't have the votes to override the President's veto. And I believe that as long as we have troops on the frontlines, we must give them the equipment and protection they need. So I will vote for the supplemental.
And his plan for Iraq has received bipartisan recognition from all over.
So go ahead - have fun playing Swiftboats.
Printer-friendly format
Email this thread to a friend
Bookmark this thread
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
