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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives and the
3 people of the State of Illinois have a strong interest in the
4 health, welfare, and safety of the United States of America and
5 all of its people; and
 
6     WHEREAS, The United States of America has deployed many
7 thousands of brave men and women to Iraq, troops who have been
8 defending the cause of liberty and freedom with their lives;
9 and
 
10     WHEREAS, It is the will of the vast majority of the people
11 of the United States of America that our county begin to seek
12 an exit strategy from this conflict and to bring our troops
13 home; and
 
14     WHEREAS, President George W. Bush announced on January 10,
15 2007, the decision to deploy more than 20,000 additional United
16 States combat troops to Iraq; and
 
17     WHEREAS, the United States House of Representatives passed
18 a Resolution known as H. Con. Res. 63 that reads as follows:
19     Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
20 concurring), That--
21         (1) Congress and the American people will continue to

 

 

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1     support and protect the members of the United States Armed
2     Forces who are serving or have served bravely and honorably
3     in Iraq; and
4         (2) Congress disapproves of the decision of President
5     George W. Bush announced on January 10, 2007, to deploy
6     more than 20,000 additional United States combat troops to
7     Iraq; and
 
8     WHEREAS, The war and continued occupation have resulted in
9 the devastation of Iraq's physical and social infrastructure
10 and led to widespread and continuous resistance to U.S.
11 occupation that threatens the lives of Iraqi civilians and the
12 men and women who compose the ranks of U.S. and other occupying
13 forces; and
 
14     WHEREAS, The presence of United States forces in Iraq has
15 inflamed anti-American passions in the Muslim world and
16 increased the terrorist threat to United States citizens, both
17 at home and abroad; and
 
18     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
19 Representatives believe that it is time to bring our troops
20 home, rather than to add further to our American losses in a
21 failed and unnecessary conflict; therefore, be it
 
22     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE

 

 

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1 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
2 the Illinois House of Representatives supports and wishes to
3 help protect the members of the United States Armed Forces who
4 are serving or who have served bravely and honorably in Iraq;
5 and be it further
 
6     RESOLVED, That the Illinois House of Representatives, as a
7 body, disapproves the decision of President George W. Bush
8 announced on January 10, 2007, to deploy more than 20,000
9 additional combat troops to Iraq ; and be it further
 
10     RESOLVED, That on behalf of the citizens of Illinois, we
11 urge the United States government to immediately commence an
12 orderly and rapid withdrawal of United States military
13 personnel from Iraq; and be it further
 
14     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be sent
15 to President George W. Bush and to each member of the Illinois
16 congressional delegation.