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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 23 

Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should not order an 

escalation in the total number of members of the United States Armed 

Forces serving in Iraq. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 10, 2007 

Mr. KUCINICH (for himself, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. JACKSON of 

Illinois, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. 

LEE, Mr. CLAY, Mr. FATTAH, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, Mr. LYNCH, 

Mr. HOLT, Ms. CARSON, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, 

Mr. WU, Mr. CAPUANO, Ms. WATSON, Mr. STARK, Mr. CONYERS, and 

Mr. GRIJALVA) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 

referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should 

not order an escalation in the total number of members 

of the United States Armed Forces serving in Iraq. 

Whereas more than 3005 members of the United States 

Armed Forces have been killed as part of the ongoing 

combat operations in Iraq; 

Whereas the Department of Defense has estimated that 

22,834 members of the Armed Forces have been wounded 

as part of the ongoing combat operations in Iraq; 


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Whereas the Congressional Research Service has estimated 

that $379,000,000,000 have been appropriated by Congress to finance ongoing combat operations in Iraq; 

Whereas top United States military commanders have expressed concern about the state of readiness of the 

Armed Forces since units and members of the Armed 

Forces have had to serve multiple tours of duty in Iraq; 

Whereas the presence of the Armed Forces in Iraq has fueled 

a civil war in Iraq that has placed members of the Armed 

Forces and Iraqi civilians at great risk; 

Whereas the President has signaled his intention to order an 

escalation of the number of members of the Armed 

Forces serving in Iraq to record totals in hopes of resolving the civil war; 

Whereas, in testimony before the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, General John Abizaid, the head of the 

United States Central Command, stated: ‘‘I met with 

every divisional commander, General Casey, the Corps 

commander, General Dempsey. We all talked together. 

And I said, in your professional opinion, if we were to 

bring in more American troops now, does it add considerably to our ability to achieve success in Iraq? And they 

all said no. And the reason is, because we want the Iraqis 

to do more. It’s easy for the Iraqis to rely upon to us 

do this work. I believe that more American forces prevent 

the Iraqis from doing more, from taking more responsibility for their own future.’’; 

Whereas several former United States military leaders have 

expressed the opinion that there is no military solution 

in Iraq, rather there is only a political solution; and 


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Whereas the American people in the November elections 

voted for a change in the President’s current Iraq policy: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that the 

3 President should not order an escalation in the total num4 ber of members of the United States Armed Forces serv5 ing in Iraq. 

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