Statement of U.S. Senator Russ Feingold Opposing the Warner-Levin Compromise Iraq Resolution February 1, 2007 Washington D.C. - U.S. Senator Russ Feingold made the following statement today reacting to the Warner-Levin compromise resolution regarding Iraq. I oppose the weak Warner-Levin resolution as currently written because it misunderstands the situation in Iraq and shortchanges our national security interests. The resolution rejects redeploying U.S. troops and supports moving a misguided military strategy from one part of Iraq to another. The American people have rejected the President’s Iraq strategy and it’s time for Congress to end our military involvement in this war. We must redeploy our troops from Iraq so that we can focus on the global threats that face us. Yesterday, Feingold introduced the Iraq Redeployment Act of 2007. Feingold’s bill would force the President to safely redeploy U.S. troops out of Iraq by prohibiting further funding of military operations in Iraq six months after enactment. Information regarding Senator Feingold’s legislation can be found here: http://feingold.senate.gov/%7Efeingold/releases/07/01/20070131iraq.html.

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