IV 
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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•HCON 23 IH 
Whereas the Congressional Research Service has estimated 
that $379,000,000,000 have been appropriated by Con-
gress to finance ongoing combat operations in Iraq; 
Whereas top United States military commanders have ex-
pressed 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 resolv-
ing the civil war; 
Whereas, in testimony before the Committee on Armed Serv-
ices 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 consider-
ably 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 responsi-
bility 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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•HCON 23 IH 
Whereas the American people in the November elections 
voted for a change in the President’s current Iraq policy: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that the 
President should not order an escalation in the total num-
ber of members of the United States Armed Forces serv-
ing in Iraq. 
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