KENNEDY REACTION TO BUSH ON IRAQ
WASHINGTON, DC—Senator Edward M. Kennedy released the following statement in reaction to President Bush’s remarks on Iraq earlier today.
“It’s abundantly clear that President Bush is simply trying to “run out the clock” and hand off the mess to the next President. Giving General Petraeus “all the time he needs” is more of the same open-ended commitment the American people have rejected. It does nothing to force the Iraqis to take responsibility for their own future and make tough accommodations, and it breaks faith with our men and women in uniform who are bearing the heaviest burden of the President’s failed policy.”
