Statement of U.S. Senator Russ Feingold On the President’s Further Delay of a New Plan for Iraq December 13, 2006 “It’s been over a month since the American people went to the polls and soundly rejected the President’s strategy in Iraq. Since then, 105 more brave Americans have been killed in Iraq. The President says he’s “not going to be rushed” into coming up with a new plan, but further delay is simply unacceptable. We need a timeline to redeploy our troops from Iraq and refocus on the global fight against terrorism. If the president won’t act on a timeline, Congress needs to do so right away next year.”

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