Quotable: Cheney says Congress “won’t stop us”
ALEX WONG/Getty Images The Senate Foreign Relations Committee just approved S.Con.Res 2, the non-binding resolution drafted by Sens. Biden, Levin, and Hagel expressing disapproval over the White House plan to “surge” 21,500 more U.S. troops into Iraq. Vice President Dick Cheney reportedly had this to say before the vote: It won’t stop us, and it ...
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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee just approved S.Con.Res 2, the non-binding resolution drafted by Sens. Biden, Levin, and Hagel expressing disapproval over the White House plan to “surge” 21,500 more U.S. troops into Iraq. Vice President Dick Cheney reportedly had this to say before the vote:
It won’t stop us, and it would be, I think, detrimental from the standpoint of the troops.”
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