Sunday, January 01, 2006
Government RhetIraq: Sacramento City Council
Who: Sacramento City Council
Source: City of Sacramento
Quotes: From resolution adopted November 1, 2005 titled, SACRAMENTO CITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR WITHDRAWAL OF AMERICAN TROOPS FROM IRAQ
Joining over 100 American cities, Sacramento passed a resolution Tuesday night urging President Bush and the United States Congress to commence a humane, orderly, rapid and comprehensive withdrawal of United States military personnel and bases from Iraq. In addition, the resolution called on President Bush and Congress to provide promised veterans’ health, education, disability, and rehabilitation benefits, and otherwise meet the needs of returning veterans.
The resolution, sponsored by Councilmembers Ray Tretheway and Lauren Hammond, passed the council on an 8 to 1 vote.
“As a Vietnam Veteran I strongly admire the courage of the over 1 million American military
personnel, including Sacramento city staff and residents, who have served in the war in Iraq,”
said Councilmember Tretheway. “They have faced extraordinary danger, and four soldiers from
our city have made the ultimate sacrifice in this war. However, we have waged this war for three
years without an exit strategy, and we must not continue to fight with no end in sight. The
council tonight joined voices with leaders from throughout the United States and the world to
send a message that the killing in Iraq must stop, and our troops must return home.”
“The White House should follow this sound advice: Victory means exit strategy, and it's important for the president to explain to us what the exit strategy is,” Tretheway continued. “That's not the statement of a Democratic Senator or prominent Iraq war opponent. It was said in April 1999, in reference to President Clinton's military intervention in Kosovo, by a Republican governor named George W. Bush.”
Source: City of Sacramento
Quotes: From resolution adopted November 1, 2005 titled, SACRAMENTO CITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR WITHDRAWAL OF AMERICAN TROOPS FROM IRAQ
Joining over 100 American cities, Sacramento passed a resolution Tuesday night urging President Bush and the United States Congress to commence a humane, orderly, rapid and comprehensive withdrawal of United States military personnel and bases from Iraq. In addition, the resolution called on President Bush and Congress to provide promised veterans’ health, education, disability, and rehabilitation benefits, and otherwise meet the needs of returning veterans.
The resolution, sponsored by Councilmembers Ray Tretheway and Lauren Hammond, passed the council on an 8 to 1 vote.
“As a Vietnam Veteran I strongly admire the courage of the over 1 million American military
personnel, including Sacramento city staff and residents, who have served in the war in Iraq,”
said Councilmember Tretheway. “They have faced extraordinary danger, and four soldiers from
our city have made the ultimate sacrifice in this war. However, we have waged this war for three
years without an exit strategy, and we must not continue to fight with no end in sight. The
council tonight joined voices with leaders from throughout the United States and the world to
send a message that the killing in Iraq must stop, and our troops must return home.”
“The White House should follow this sound advice: Victory means exit strategy, and it's important for the president to explain to us what the exit strategy is,” Tretheway continued. “That's not the statement of a Democratic Senator or prominent Iraq war opponent. It was said in April 1999, in reference to President Clinton's military intervention in Kosovo, by a Republican governor named George W. Bush.”
