Rep. Steny H. Hoyer Holds a News Conference On Iraq
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Rep. Steny H. Hoyer Holds a News Conference On Iraq
REPS. HOYER AND EMANUEL HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE ON IRAQ
FEBRUARY 8, 2007SPEAKERS: REP. STENY H. HOYER, D-MD., HOUSE MAJORITY LEADERREP. RAHM EMANUEL, D-ILL., CHAIRMAN, HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUSREP. IKE SKELTON, D-MO. REP. TOM LANTOS, D-CALIF. [*] EMANUEL: We discussed at the caucus today, there's been approximately, in different committees, about -- I think the number was 22, when you add International Relations, Armed Services, Government Oversight, other hearings, all related to oversight on Iraq in just the short time that the Democrats have been in the majority.As you know, on our retreat, we heard from our keynote speaker, one of the keynote speakers was General Hoar. We talked about the region, and Iraq specifically, and Afghanistan, and some of the areas there.Today we talked about, inside the caucus, about the debate next week. The way the debate is structured, I think it's based (inaudible) on the '91 model from the war resolution -- gulf war resolution then. It's everybody will be given five minutes, all members of the United States ...See the full content of this document
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