S8922 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE September 5, 2006 paid $35 for his first ride in a prop jet I am glad that newspapers all across Bobby Meaux, Harrodsburg, Ky. plane. C.W. realized his dream after Kentucky have printed details like Kaye Craig Morris, Lexington, Ky. graduating from Eastern Kentucky these about the victims of the terrible Leslie Morris, Lexington, Ky. University with an aviation degree. crash of Comair Flight 5191. This way Cecile Moscoe, 29, London, Ky. Judy Ann Rains, Richmond, Ky. A kind man, during his and Sarah’s we can know not just how these people Michael Ryan, Lexington, Ky. courtship, C.W. helped care for her fa- died, but also how they lived. Mary Jane Silas, 58, Columbus, Miss. ther with terminal cancer. As a pilot, I am also grateful that even in such Pat Smith, 58, Lexington, Ky. he received commendations from Fed- dark times, the generosity and kind- Tim Snoddy, 51, Lexington, Ky. eral Aviation Administration officials ness of Kentucky continues to shine Marcie Thomason, 25, Washington, D.C. who flew on his plane. A few days be- through. Local volunteers have been Greg Threet, 35, Lexington, Ky. fore the crash, he and Sarah celebrated invaluable to the relief and recovery Randy Towles, 47, Watertown, N.Y. their 8-year wedding anniversary. effort, and to the families that have Larry Turner, 51, Lexington, Ky. This past Sunday, at C.W.’s funeral, Victoria Washington, 54, Richmond, Ky. been left behind to grieve. Jeff Williams, 49, Centerville, Ohio 300 mourners pinned on pairs of pilot’s Volunteers from local chapters of the Paige Winters, 16, Leawood, Kan. wings. Mourners also got to see Mr. Salvation Army served as chaplains Bryan Woodward, Lafayette, La. Lamb, a tiny stuffed lamb that C.W. and grief counselors. They also served JoAnn Wright, 56, Cincinnati, Ohio bought for his wife on a whim about 3- more than 1,000 meals and over 6,000 Betty Young, 74, Lexington, Ky. years ago at an airport gift shop. Now, snacks and drinks to relief workers at The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- their toddler son Calvin James takes the crash site. ator from Virginia. Mr. Lamb everywhere. The Bluegrass Chapter of the Amer- Mr. STEVENS. Will the Senator Sarah has said that as she raises Cal- ican Red Cross fielded dozens of volun- yield for a moment? vin James, she will be sure to teach teers, who helped arrange memorial Mr. ALLEN. I yield. him the words his father took as his services for the victims’ families. They Mr. STEVENS. Is there not an order motto: ‘‘In dreams and in love, there also worked as grief counselors and to lay down the Defense bill now? are no impossibilities.’’ We hope it is provided meals. Both groups say they f not impossible that one day, Calvin will stay as long as there are workers James will soar as high as his father at the crash site. CONCLUSION OF MORNING did. Local businesses pitched in as well BUSINESS Last week’s crash also robbed the with food, and toys for kids like Calvin The PRESIDING OFFICER. Morning world of Patrick Smith, 58, of Lex- James Fortney and others who lost a business is closed. ington. Pat’s ultimate destination that parent. f morning was Gulfport, MS. That was The National Transportation Safety DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AP- only a short distance for him. Because Board is currently conducting an inves- PROPRIATIONS ACT, 2007—Contin- of his volunteer work with Habitat for tigation into the cause of this crash. I ued Humanity, Pat had traveled to Ghana, intend to do everything I can to ensure Sri Lanka, Northern Ireland, South Af- that investigation proceeds smoothly, Mr. STEVENS. What is the pending rica, Mexico, and India to build houses and that all of the questions we have business? for those less fortunate than he. can be answered as thoroughly as pos- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The De- Pat was a member of Habitat for Hu- sible. fense appropriations bill is pending. manity International’s Board of Direc- Mr. President, I have only been able Mr. STEVENS. May I ask what the tors, as well as the board of his local to talk about a few of the 49 souls that Senator from Virginia intended to do? Lexington chapter, and had served with were lost on a Sunday morning. If Mr. ALLEN. Mr. President, I wanted the organization for more than 15 there is no objection, I ask unanimous to call up amendment No. 4883. I was years. He excelled at organizing fellow consent that the names of every person waiting for our chairman to be here, volunteers from Kentucky and leading who died on Comair Flight 5191 be and ask I be recognized to offer this them in their humanitarian efforts. printed in the RECORD. amendment. It will take approximately Under his direction, 80 Kentucky vol- There being no objection, the mate- 5 or 6 minutes to offer the amendment. unteers constructed 26 houses in small rial was ordered to be printed in the Mr. STEVENS. I might say to my fishing villages in southern India for RECORD, as follows: friend from Virginia, when we left this people who had lost everything in the COMAIR FLIGHT 5191 bill, the understanding was Senator tsunami of 2004. Rebecca Adams,47, Harrodsburg, Ky. KENNEDY’s amendment would come He also helped those closer to home. Lyle Anderson, 55, Ottawa, Ont. first. We will be happy to have the Sen- Pat’s final trip to Gulfport was to fol- Christina Anderson, 38, Inglewood, Ont. ator offer his amendment with the un- low up on the work he had already Arnold Andrews, 64, Tampa, Fla. derstanding it will come up after the done in 7 trips to Mississippi before, for Anne Marie Bailey, 49, Vancouver, B.C. amendment of Senator KENNEDY, if a project to build 13 houses on South Bobbie Benton, 50, Stanford, Ky. that will be agreeable to Senator KEN- Carolina Avenue to replace the ones Jesse Clark Benton, 48, Stanford, Ky. NEDY? Carole Bizzack, 64, Lexington, Ky. Mr. KENNEDY. That is fine. that were washed away by Hurricane George Brunacini, 60, Georgetown, Ky. Katrina. Brian Byrd, Richmond, Ky. Mr. STEVENS. Is Senator KENNEDY’s Pat’s wife Jean often accompanied Jeffrey Clay, 35, Burlington, Ky. amendment the pending amendment? him on his projects, although last Sun- Diane Combs, Lexington, Ky. The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is day on Flight 5191 Pat traveled alone. Homer Combs, Lexington, Ky. no amendment pending. Pat had done so much good work for Fenton Dawson, Lexington, Ky. Mr. KENNEDY. I have it ready to the organization that he was named Thomas Fahey, 26, Leawood, Kan. send to the desk. Habitat’s volunteer of the year in 2003. Mike Finley, 52, London, Ky. Mr. STEVENS. I yield the floor to Clarence Wayne Fortney II, 34, Lexington, have the Senator propose his amend- Several of Pat’s volunteer projects Ky. ment and then Senator ALLEN propose were sponsored by his church, Cathe- Wade Bartley Frederick, 44, Danville, Ky. dral of Christ the King. He worked as a Hollie Gilbert, Somerset, Ky. his amendment and we will come back partner at a Lexington industrial auto- Erik Harris, 28, Lexington, Ky. to his amendment. mation company, Versa Tech Automa- Kelly Heyer, 27, Cincinnati area The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- tion. Jonathan Hooker, 27, London, Ky. ator from Massachusetts is recognized. Pat once stated very simply the rea- Scarlett Parsley Hooker, 24, London, Ky. AMENDMENT NO. 4885 son he had dedicated so much of his Priscilla Johnson, 44, Lexington, Ky. Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I send time and efforts to volunteer work: Nahoko Kono, 31, Lexington, Ky. an amendment to the desk on behalf of Tetsuya Kono, 34, Lexington, Ky. ‘‘We have an obligation to help.’’ Now Charles Lykins, 46, Naples, Fla. myself and our Democratic leader, Sen- his wife, Jean, and their children and Dan Mallory, 55, Bourbon County, Ky. ator REID. grandchildren will rely on the help of Steve McElravy, 57, Hagerstown, Md. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The others as grief sets in. Lynda McKee, Richmond, Ky. clerk will report the amendment.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:36 Feb 05, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4637 Sfmt 0634 E:\2006SENATE\S05SE6.REC S05SE6 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY September 5, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S8923 The legislative clerk read as follows: ginia so he may offer his amendment. the ball and captured Osama bin The Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. KEN- As I understand it, there is an agree- Laden—rather than rushing headlong NEDY], for himself and Mr. REID, proposes an ment to dispose of it. into a war that we did not need to amendment numbered 4885. Is it the understanding of the Sen- fight. Mr. KENNEDY. I ask unanimous con- ator from Virginia that they are going The American people know that the sent the reading of the amendment be to accept the amendment of the Sen- administration should have imple- dispensed with. ator from Virginia? mented fully the recommendations of The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Mr. ALLEN. I say to the Senator the 9/11 Commission to protect our objection, it is so ordered. from Massachusetts, I hope that Sen- ports and support our first responders— The amendment is as follows: ator STEVENS and the committee will rather than spending more than $200 (Purpose: To include information on civil accept my amendment. I would not million each day on a failed policy in war in Iraq in the quarterly reports on want to speak for them. But I surely so Iraq. progress toward military and political sta- urge them. I think our body would sup- The American people know that the bility in Iraq) port it. It is a very good amendment to war in Iraq has made Americans more On page 235, between lines 2 and 3, insert help out in the funding for our soldiers, hated in the world, created more ter- the following: the men and women who come back rorists, and made it harder to win the (E) A determination by the Secretary of with head injuries. real Global War on Terror. Defense, in consultation with the Secretary The American people know that of State, as to whether there is a civil war in Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I have no objection, obviously, to— while we have been bogged down in Iraq. Iraq, North Korea’s nuclear stockpile (F) A description of the criteria underlying Mr. STEVENS. If the Senator will the determination in subparagraph (E) of the yield without losing his right to the has quadrupled and Iran has continued Secretary of Defense, in consultation with floor? its pursuit of nuclear weapons. the Secretary of State, as to whether there Mr. KENNEDY. Yes. The American people know that we is a civil war in Iraq, including— Mr. STEVENS. It is our intention to never should have gone to war in Iraq (i) an assessment of levels of sectarian vio- suggest to the Senator from Hawaii, when we did, and for the false reasons lence and an estimate of civilian casualties when he arrives, that we accept this we were given. as a result of sectarian violence; Most importantly, the American peo- (ii) the numbers of civilians displaced; amendment of the Senator from Vir- ginia, but we don’t accept amendments ple know that the President’s stubborn (iii) the degree to which government secu- insistence that we ‘‘stay the course’’ rity forces (including the army, police, and without bipartisan approval so I would special forces) exercise effective control over appreciate it if the Senator will discuss does not make victory any more likely major urban areas; his amendment after Senator KENNEDY and that we need to change our policy (iv) the extent to which militias are pro- has discussed his and we will await an in Iraq. viding security; opportunity to discuss it with the Sen- At almost every stage of the Bush ad- (v) the extent to which militias have orga- ator from Hawaii. ministration’s conduct of the war in nized or conducted hostile actions against Iraq, we have seen major miscalcula- the United States Armed Forces and Iraqi se- Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I have not had a chance to see the amendment tions and serious mistakes that place curity forces; our troops at greater risk and jeop- (vi) the extent to which the Government of of the Senator from Virginia that deals with head injuries. There is also an ardize America’s standing in the world. Iraq has developed and is implementing a Military leaders and retired generals credible plan to disarm, demobilize, and re- amendment, I believe, from the Sen- know it. Middle East experts know it. integrate militias into government security ator from Illinois, Mr. DURBIN, on this Our allies know it. Both Democrats forces; and subject as well. It is a matter of enor- and Republicans in Congress know it. (vii) the extent to which the Government mous importance and consequence. of Iraq has obtained a credible commitment And most important, the American Hopefully, our committees will take from the political parties to disarm and dis- people know it. band the militias. action to deal with it at an appropriate They saw it when the Bush team dis- (G) If the Secretary of Defense, in con- time. banded the Iraqi Army after the fall of Mr. President, next week marks the sultation with the Secretary of State, deter- Saddam but allowed thousands to walk mines pursuant to subparagraph (E) that fifth anniversary of the vicious attack away with their weapons. there is not a civil war in Iraq, the following on America by al-Qaida terrorists. They saw it when the Bush adminis- information (in unclassified format): Despite the passage of time, Ameri- (i) A description of the efforts by the tration waited a full year to begin cans still vividly recall with enormous training the new Iraqi security forces. United States Government to help avoid pain and sorrow that dark and somber civil war in Iraq. They saw it when the White House (ii) The strategy of the United States Gov- day. We recall the nearly 3,000 Ameri- failed to see the insurgency spreading ernment to protect the United States Armed cans who were killed by al-Qaida ter- like a cancer through Iraq. Forces in the event of civil war in Iraq. rorists. We recall the brave firefighters They saw it when the Bush team (iii) The strategy of the United States Gov- and first responders who sacrificed failed to see the danger of roadside ernment to ensure that the United States their lives so that others could live. We bombs and improvised explosive de- Armed Forces will not take sides in the recall the twin towers crumbling before vices yet sent our troops on patrol day event of civil war in Iraq. our eyes, and the Pentagon ablaze be- after day, month after month, year (iv) The progress being made by the Gov- neath a plume of smoke. And we recall ernment of Iraq in disarming or demobilizing after year. militias or reintegrating militias into gov- the pledge by the administration and They saw it when the White House ernment security forces. all Americans that this type of attack failed to provide proper armor for our (H) If the Secretary of Defense, in con- will never, ever occur again. troops, until Congress finally de- sultation with the Secretary of State, deter- As we approach this anniversary, manded it. mines pursuant to subparagraph (E) that there is little doubt that the President Unfortunately, the administration’s there is a civil war in Iraq, the following in- will, once again, resort to the politics repeated failure to see each new threat formation (in unclassified format): of fear in an effort to convince the in Iraq has put our troops and our secu- (i) A statement of the mission and dura- American people that the Iraq war is rity in greater peril. tion of United States Armed Forces in Iraq. (ii) The strategy of the United States Gov- central to the Global War on Terror. Today, once again, the administra- ernment to protect the United States Armed Nothing is further from the truth. tion refuses to recognize another seis- Forces while they remain in Iraq. Scare tactics may have worked in the mic shift in Iraq—the dangerous pros- (iii) The strategy of the United States Gov- elections of 2002 and 2004, but this time, pect that we are drawn into a deadly ernment to ensure that the United States the American people know better. and divisive civil war. Armed Forces will not take sides in the civil The American people know that the While the President and DICK CHENEY war. war in Iraq was a distraction from the and Donald Rumsfeld are on the cam- Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, as real Global War on Terror and that paign trail claiming progress in Iraq, suggested by the Senator from Alaska, Iraq had nothing to do with al-Qaida. military leaders and experts are urging I am glad to yield without losing my The American people know that the White House to heed the disturbing rights. I yield to the Senator from Vir- America should have kept its eye on warning signs in Iraq.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:36 Feb 05, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4637 Sfmt 0634 E:\2006SENATE\S05SE6.REC S05SE6 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S8924 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE September 5, 2006 The President and his cabinet may of government security forces by those Vice President CHENEY, too, has long not believe the fears of civil war are whose principal loyalty is to their sec- denied the possibility of civil war. On justified, but some of our military tarian militias, not the government, is March 19, he stated, ‘‘What we’ve seen leaders do. General Rick Sanchez, well documented. Interior ministry de- is a serious effort by them to foment former commander of the multi-na- tention centers have been used to tor- civil war, but I don’t think they’ve tional forces in Iraq, said as long ago ture inmates just because they are been successful.’’ as January 7, ‘‘The country’s on the Sunnis. Too often we hear that men Secretary Rumsfeld dismisses it as verge of a civil war.’’ General Peter wearing Interior ministry uniforms well. In March he said, ‘‘I do not be- Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of have abducted Sunni men and boys, lieve they are in a civil war.’’ Staff, said on March 13 that, ‘‘Every- who later turn up dead. That same month, Secretary Rums- thing is in place if they want to have a The numbers of civilians displaced or feld said, ‘‘The terrorists are deter- civil war.’’ fleeing the violence is increasing as mined to stoke sectarian tension and Our Ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Shiites are forced from Sunni areas and are attempting to spark a civil war. Khalilzad, is concerned about the Sunnis from Shiite areas. According to But despite the many acts of violence threat as well. On March 7, he said, the United Nations, approximately and provocation, the vast majority of ‘‘The potential is there’’ for sectarian 150,000 Iraqis had been displaced as of Iraqis have shown that they want their violence to become civil war. ‘‘We have June. country to remain whole and free of opened the Pandora’s box and the ques- Despite these trends and the warn- ethnic conflict.’’ tion is, what is the way forward?’’ ings of the experts, President Bush In April, he said, ‘‘I don’t think a General Abizaid acknowledged the stubbornly continues to deny that civil full-fledged civil war will take hold of clear danger when he told the Senate war is even a real possibility in Iraq. the country.’’ Armed Services Committee on August Last December, he said, ‘‘I know In May, in an eerie echo of the past, 3, ‘‘I believe that the sectarian violence some fear the possibility that Iraq when asked what political and military is probably as bad as I’ve seen it, in could break apart and fall into a civil contingences would be in place if a Baghdad in particular, and that if not war. I don’t believe these fears are jus- civil war occurred, Secretary Rumsfeld stopped, it is possible that Iraq could tified.’’ responded, ‘‘I don’t think the scenario The President reiterated the same move towards civil war.’’ that you have described is going to view on February 28 when he said, ‘‘I General Pace, at the same hearing, happen, but life’s filled with things you don’t buy your premise that there’s agreed about the threat of civil war. He don’t think are going to happen.’’ going to be a civil war.’’ That’s vintage Rumsfeld. ‘‘Stuff hap- said, ‘‘I believe that we do have the Again in March, President Bush dis- pens,’’ he said, in response to the chaos possibility of devolving to a civil war, missed the notion, saying, ‘‘They know that erupted in Baghdad after the first but that does not have to be a fact.’’ that they lack the military strength to days of the invasion, as though no one Others think that a civil war may challenge Iraqi and coalition forces di- could have anticipated such a possi- have already begun. Former Iraqi rectly—so their only hope is to try and Prime Minister Allawi said in March provoke a civil war . . . By their re- bility and it made no sense to waste that Iraq is probably in ‘‘an early stage sponse over the past two weeks, Iraqis time planning for such possibilities. of civil war.’’ have shown the world they want a fu- That attitude has plagued our forces The British Ambassador to Iraq ture of freedom and peace—and they and our country throughout this mis- wrote in August, ‘‘The prospect of a will oppose a violent minority that guided war, and it must stop. low intensity civil war and a de facto seeks to take that future away from This, July, as the situation took an- division of Iraq is probably more likely them by tearing their country apart.’’ other turn for the worse, he said, at this stage than a successful and sub- In August, President Bush still de- ‘‘There certainly has been an upsurge stantial transition to a stable democ- nied that there was a civil war. He in sectarian violence; there’s no ques- racy. said, ‘‘You know, I hear people say, tion but that they’re trying to incite a Our colleague from Nebraska, Sen- well, civil war this, civil war that The civil war. And they have been for a ator CHUCK HAGEL, concurred, saying, Iraqi people decided against civil war long time, and they have failed so far.’’ in August that ‘‘We, in fact, are in when they went to the ballot box.’’ Secretary Rice also refuses to see the probably a low grade, maybe a very de- Again, on August 21, he said, ‘‘You possibility of civil war in Iraq. In Feb- fined, civil war.’’ know, I hear a lot of talk about civil ruary, she said, ‘‘I don’t think there is General William Nash, who com- war. I’m concerned about that, of a brewing civil war in Iraq.’’ Despite manded our troops in Bosnia after that course. And I’ve talked to a lot of peo- the escalating casualties and increas- country’s civil war ended, stated on ple about it. And what I’ve found from ing sectarian violence, on August 4 she March 5, ‘‘We’re in a civil war now; it’s my talks are that the Iraqis want a said, ‘‘I don’t think Iraq is going to just that not everybody’s joined in.’’ unified country and that the Iraqi lead- slide into civil war.’’ Two days later He said, ‘‘The failure to understand ership is determined to thwart the ef- she repeated the claim and said, ‘‘But that the civil war is already taking forts of the extremists and the radicals the important point here is that Iraqis place, just not necessarily at the max- and al Qaida and that the security haven’t made a choice for civil war. imum level, means that our counter forces remain united behind the gov- Iraqis have made a choice for a unified measures are inadequate and therefore ernment.’’ government that can deliver for all dangerous to our long-term interest.’’ For a third time, on August 31, the Iraqis. And when I say Iraqis, I mean These leaders see what’s really hap- President denied the possibility of civil not just their leadership, which clearly pening in Iraq—not just the White war. He said, ‘‘This cruelty and car- has not made a choice for civil war, but House spin. nage has led some to question whether their population.’’ They know that the polarization of Iraq has descended into civil war. Our On the same day she again denied the communities along sectarian lines is commanders and our diplomats on the possibility of civil war, stating, ‘‘It increasing. In fact, 80 percent of the ground in Iraq believe that’s not the would be really erroneous to say that Iraqi people voted along sectarian lines case. They report that only a small the Iraqis are somehow making a in the recent elections. number of Iraqis are engaged in sec- choice for civil war, or I think even Civilian casualties as a result of sec- tarian violence, while the over- sliding into civil war.’’ tarian violence have skyrocketed. Ac- whelming majority want peace and a That’s what the Bush team is claim- cording to the United Nations, 5,800 ci- normal life in a unified country.’’ ing. They are so focused on the spin vilians were killed during May and I just wish the President would take war on the campaign trail that they June of this year and another 5,800 a little time to read this report that fail to see the real war in Iraq. They were wounded. An estimated 100 people was put out by the Department of De- are so focused on using the war to win a day were killed in Baghdad in July. fense, on Stability and Security in elections here at home that they fail to Militia attacks continue unabated. The Iraq. see the real needs of our troops in Iraq. Shiite militia forces are growing in I come back to that in a few mo- But this time, the American people strength. The widespread infiltration ments. aren’t buying it. They’ve heard it all

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They know that our brave proper planning in the event of civil Instead of attacking those who want men and women in uniform are doing war. to change our course, President Bush everything they can to bring peace and The trends in Iraq are discouraging ought to deal with the hard cold facts. stability in Iraq. They continue to and certainly point toward civil war. This Defense Department report under- fight insurgents and terrorists, but are Indeed, the September 1 report pre- scores the fundamental truth that our at grave risk of being trapped in the pared by the Department of Defense on brave troops are being let down by an middle of an unwinnable civil war. Stability and Security in Iraq reaf- administration more interested in po- That is why I am offering this firms what the American people al- litical spin than in finding a way to amendment today with the Democratic ready understand: the conditions of succeed. leader. It requires the administration civil war exist, violence in Iraq is spi- The administration needs to look at through the Secretary of Defense and raling out of control and staying the all the facts and honestly address the the Secretary of State to provide an course is not a viable option. question of civil war for the sake of our honest and candid assessment of the The Department of Defense report military and the American people. extent to which Iraq is now in a state says that concern about civil war with- This legislation creates a continuing of civil war. And even more important, in the Iraqi civilian population and obligation to ensure that analysis on the amendment requires them to say among some defense analysts has in- civil war is done regularly. Unfortu- what we are going to do about it. How creased in recent months. Conditions nately, this is necessary, because the are we going to advance America’s in- that could lead to civil war exist in Congress has forced the administration terests in Iraq in a time of civil war? Iraq; to step up to the plate on Iraq time and How are we going to protect our troops Rising sectarian strife defines the again. from getting drawn ever deeper into an emerging nature of violence in mid- The facts in the report say one thing endless sectarian conflict? 2006; about civil war, but the conclusion An article in Newsweek magazine on Sustained ethnic and sectarian vio- about civil war says another. We need August 14 indicates that although the lence is the greatest threat to security an honest assessment from the Secre- Bush administration insists that Iraq and stability in Iraq; taries of Defense and State about the is a long way from civil war, some in- Sectarian tensions increased over the conditions on the ground, and that is side the White House and the Pentagon last three months, demonstrated by what the Kennedy-Reid amendment have begun some contingency plan- the increasing number of executions, would require. We also need some hard ning. kidnappings, attacks on civilians, and thinking within the administration The administration should level with internally displaced persons; and a clear plan to protect our troops the American people about the real Civilian casualties increased by ap- in a civil war. conditions and their planning. proximately 1000 per month since the At every step of the way, this admin- And that’s the purpose of our amend- previous quarter. Assassinations in istration has missed the threat to our ment today. particular reached new highs in the troops, and Democrats in Congress The amendment requires the Sec- month of July. The Baghdad Coroner’s have had to force the issue. retary of Defense, in consultation with Office reported 1600 bodies arrived in The Democrats in Congress have had the Secretary of State, to determine June and more than 1800 bodies in July, to force the issue: every 3 months whether a civil war is 90 percent of which were assessed to be We had to require accounting of taking place and to inform Congress of the result of executions; progress being made to train Iraqi the plan for our troops in the event of Sectarian violence is gradually troops so our soldiers can begin to such a war. spreading north into Diyala Province come home. For each determination, the Sec- and Kirkuk as Sunni, Shiite, and Kurd- We provided over $1 billion in addi- retary of Defense and the Secretary of ish groups compete for provincial tional funding for vehicle armor to up- State will provide their assessment of influencey; grade the armor on Humvees. the levels of sectarian violence such as Both Shia and Sunni death squads We are demanding an updated Na- the level of polarization of commu- are active in Iraq, and are responsible tional Intelligence Estimate on Iraq nities along sectarian lines and an esti- for the most significant increases in because the administration has failed mate of civilian casualties as a result sectarian violence; to provide one in more than 2 years. of the violence; the number of civilians Militias and small, illegally armed We provided more than $175 million displaced by the violence; the degree to groups operate openly and often with for democracy programs in Iraq when which Iraqi government forces exercise popular support. The threat posed by the Bush administration’s budget did effective control over major urban Shiite illegal armed groups, filling per- not provide it. areas; the extent to which militias ceived and actual security vacuums, is We need an honest accounting of the have been mobilized, are providing se- growing; situation so we can adjust accordingly curity, and attacking other Iraqis; and The security situation is currently at and protect our troops. And we need a the extent to which the Government of its most complex state since the initi- plan to protect our troops. The Presi- Iraq has obtained a credible commit- ation of Operation Iraqi Freedom. dent’s stubborn insistence on staying ment from the political parties to dis- Overall attack levels are higher than the course impedes success. arm and disband the militias and are the last three months. The average Our soldiers and the American people implementing a credible plan to dis- number of weekly attacks increased 15 deserve more from the administration. arm, demobilize and reintegrate mili- percent and Iraqi casualties increased Together, the Secretary of Defense and tias into government security forces. by 51 percent compared. Secretary of State need to set the If the administration determines These facts are at odds with the ad- White House’s political agenda aside that Iraq is not in a civil war, the ministration’s statements about civil and directly and thoughtfully address amendment requires a description of war. Sectarian divisions are increasing. this ominous threat. the efforts by our government to avoid Mlilitia violence and death squad ac- The administration acts as if the civil war in Iraq, a plan to protect our tivity are increasing. The number of mere discussion of civil war is defeat- troops in the event of a civil war, and Iraqis fleeing the violence is increas- ist. They have it exactly backwards. a strategy to ensure that our troops ing. Yet, the President continues to This amendment is an effort to make don’t take sides. deny the possibility of civil war. The sure that the administration confronts If the determination is that Iraq is in Vice President, Secretary of Defense and deals with the facts on the ground a civil war, the amendment requires and Secretary of State continue to in Iraq and recognizes the emerging the Secretary of Defense to explain the deny it. As long as the administration threat before it consumes our troops.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:36 Feb 05, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4637 Sfmt 0634 E:\2006SENATE\S05SE6.REC S05SE6 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S8926 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE September 5, 2006 This is the only way to achieve any and the world in terms of the war on The Senator is making my point. We measure of success. For too long, the terror. My view of the situation is should have focused on the dangers of Bush administration has pursued poli- much different from the Senator from Iraq. That is a completely different sit- cies that have failed utterly to carry Massachusetts. I read this report that uation than in Korea when the Chinese the day in Iraq and have made America is before the Senate now as being an Communists crossed the river. There less safe. up-to-date analysis of the situation was a real issue in terms of our na- Unfortunately, this administration that exists now. tional security. The case has was not has decided that domestic politics re- I sometimes wonder what would have made that Iraq posed a threat to our quire that it stay this failed course happened in Korea if, after some of the national interest or security. That case through November, and so they have major losses in Korea, the Senate had was not made in the Senate. And the refused to confront the facts in Iraq. decided we ought to ask the Truman arguments that were made were inac- Instead, they have chosen political administration to make more reports, curate. spin, false claims of progress, and base- produce more reports, require analysis Mr. STEVENS. I still have the floor. less attacks on those who focus on the of what was going on, and have hear- Mr. KENNEDY. All right. reality of the situation. ings. Mr. STEVENS. I will be glad to de- We must do better. This administra- We are about in the same situation. bate the Senator any time. tion owes it to the American people. This report does conclude—that is why Again, I urge the Senator to read the Even more importantly, dealing with I think everyone should read it—the President’s statement before he criti- reality is essential and necessary to concerns over civil war that are ex- cizes it. The President has made a very protect the lives of our brave soldiers. pressed. It says that notwithstanding significant statement today of where Iraq’s future and the lives of our this concern, there is generally no we are. He will make another state- troops are close to the precipice of a agreed-upon definition of civil war ment tomorrow. new disaster. The time bomb of civil among academics or defense analysts. I have looked at the report. Every war is ticking, and our most urgent Moreover, the conflict in Iraq does not Senator should look at it. We should priority is to defuse it. meet the stringent international legal decide whether there is a deficiency. If Our Government should work to re- standards for civil war. there is, we will be glad to take the verse the downward spiral. And Iraqi That is a situation of the statement amendment to conference and try to leaders must make essential com- that exists now. To require another set work out some language that will not promises to strengthen their govern- of reports when we get these every be political rhetoric. I sense it is polit- ment, prevent civil war, undermine the quarter is unwarranted. This was re- ical rhetoric, I say to my friend from insurgency, and deal with the festering leased September 1. We will get an- Massachusetts. I hope it does not get problem of militias. other one the first of January. We do that far. It is still a war against terror. For the sake of our men and women not have to have an amendment to do Our job ought to be to get this bill in uniform and the stability of Iraq, all this. passed so we can get the money to However, as we discussed, it may be Americans are anxious for success, but these people for sure by October 1. The possible to take this amendment to we need to be realistic enough and longer this bill is delayed, the more conference and work it out so we get smart enough and humble enough to trouble our people in uniform are going some ideas. If they want additional in- understand that even our best efforts to have. I have been arguing that now formation in the next report, we can may not prevent a civil war from over- for a month. There is no question this arrange that; however, it does not have taking events in Iraq. bill has to be signed by September 30. We need to begin planning now for to be a conflict. It does not have to I am not going to prolong this by de- this possibility. That’s what this have as much political rhetoric, I say bating politics in the Senate. I will say amendment requires. to my friend from Massachusetts. I am we will do our best to take as many Such planning is not an admission of a little bit tired of political rhetoric amendments as we can to conference defeat. It is essential and necessary for concerning this conflict, which is a and try to work out something that protecting the lives of our service men global conflict against terror. It is will meet with the agreement of the and women in Iraq, who are performing more than the war against Iraq, Congress as a whole so we can get this so admirably today under such enor- against Saddam Hussein. There is no bill signed. mously difficult circumstances. question about that. I urge the Senator Mr. President, I will not include this to read the President’s speech today, I yield the floor. We have an agree- ment that the Senator will be able to whole report in the RECORD—it is 63 the quotes he has given to us from the pages—but I will reference it. President of Iran, from the people in- propose his amendment. Mr. STEVENS. I made arrangements volved with Hezbollah, from the people The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. to put a copy of the report on every involved in the various dissident fac- COLEMAN). The Senator from Virginia. Senator’s desk by tomorrow morning. tions throughout the world that are de- AMENDMENT NO. 4883, AS MODIFIED Mr. KENNEDY. I appreciate that. manding we surrender to them, that we Mr. ALLEN. Mr. President, I call up During the course of the week, individ- kneel down before them and accept de- my amendment, No. 4883, and I send a uals may quote from it, as I did earlier feat. This Senator is not ready for that modification to the desk and I ask the today and may again. I will not ask kind of rhetoric to come to this Sen- reading of the amendment be dispensed that it be printed in the RECORD, but it ate. I hope it does not. with. should be available for anyone con- Mr. KENNEDY. Will the Senator The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without cerned about the debate on Iraq. It is yield for a question? objection, it is so ordered. an enormously important document Mr. STEVENS. I am happy to do The clerk will report the amendment and is a ‘‘must read’’ for every Member that, yes. by number. of Congress—certainly for the Amer- Mr. KENNEDY. In my remarks, I said The legislative clerk read as follows: ican people—to have a real under- we ought to have kept our eye on the The Senator from Virginia [Mr. ALLEN] standing of what we are facing in that ball, which was al-Qaida and the ter- proposes an amendment numbered 4883, as country. rorists, and not gone into Iraq. modified. I yield the floor. As the President of the United States The amendment is as follows: Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, the knows, there were no weapons of mass Senator from Virginia will offer his destruction in Iraq. As the 9/11 Com- (Purpose: To make available from Defense Health Program up to $12,000,000 for the amendment, so I will not take much mission reported, there was no connec- Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center) time now. I will respond to the Senator tion between Iraq and al-Qaida’s attack At the end of title VIII, add the following: from Massachusetts. on this country. SEC. lll. Of the amount appropriated or I have just returned from being So we have a rush to war. Instead of otherwise made available by title VI under present when the President of the focusing on the problems of al-Qaida, the heading ‘‘DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM’’, United States made a tremendous North Korea and Iran, we are now $19,000,000 shall be available for the Defense statement about the situation in Iraq mired in a war in Iraq. and Veterans Brain Injury Center.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:36 Feb 05, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 4637 Sfmt 0634 E:\2006SENATE\S05SE6.REC S05SE6 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY September 5, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S8927 Mr. ALLEN. Mr. President, I am pro- orders and Stroke, a traumatic brain great services. I can tell you firsthand, posing an amendment to provide an ad- injury occurs when a sudden trauma by the way, how the soldiers are react- ditional $12 million that shall be avail- causes damage to the brain. Traumatic ing to it and also the response from able to the Defense and Veterans Brain brain injury can result when the head family members who are seeing slow Injury Center and centers all across suddenly and violently hits an object but steady progress for many of their our country. or when an object pierces the skull and loved ones. They greatly appreciate it. We are in the midst of a war against enters brain tissue. That is why I am offering this terrorist organizations. They are vile. According to the Office of the Sur- amendment, to make available from They are hate filled. They are al-Qaida, geon General of the Army, 64 percent of the Defense Health Programs an addi- they are Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, soldiers recently wounded in Operation tional $12 million, which would in- Hamas, and a variety of different orga- Iraqi Freedom sustained blast injuries, crease it from $7 million to $19 mil- nizations. The battlefronts are all over which are the leading cause of trau- lion—an additional $12 million in fund- the world. We have troops deployed in matic brain injuries for Active-Duty ing that shall be available to the De- Iraq. We have troops in Afghanistan. military personnel in war zones. These fense and Veterans Brain Injury Cen- Our friends and allies are having to blast injuries are the result, as I said ters for this work, including blast miti- fight Hezbollah, a puppet surrogate of earlier, of RPGs, rocket-propelled gre- gation. Iran. These terrorists have hit all over nades, or IEDs, otherwise known as or It is my view this is the least we the world. They have hit, obviously, in short for improvised explosive devices, should do. This is exactly what we Iraq and Afghanistan. They have hit in and also landmines. should be trying to do to help our men Israel. They have hit in Jordan. They Soldiers, I say to the Presiding Offi- and women who are bravely sacrificing have hit in India, the Philippines, Indo- cer and my colleagues, suffering inju- so much to protect our freedom at nesia, Spain, and London. They are ries from these devices require special- home while trying to advance freedom still trying to hit us. Fortunately, the ized care from providers with experi- for other people around the world. British intercepted airplanes that ence in treating traumatic brain inju- George Washington cautioned that ‘‘the willingness of future generations would be used in another terrorist at- ries. One of the key components of this to fight for their country, no matter tack. care is the Defense and Veterans Brain They use a lot of different devices in Injury Center, which is located at Wal- how just the cause, will be proportional this war. They use bombs and a variety ter Reed Army Medical Center—the to how they perceive previous veterans of IEDs. They use rocket-propelled gre- site that receives more casualties from are treated.’’ This amendment is a long step forward—a long step forward—in nades. They use land mines. I was talk- theaters of operations than any other that direction, and I strongly urge my ing to a woman from Afghanistan a military treatment facility. colleagues in the Senate to support my couple weeks ago. I asked for her per- The Defense and Veterans Brain In- jury Center provides state-of-the-art amendment, as modified. spective of Afghanistan. She said that I understand other colleagues appar- things are better, but the terrorists are medical care, innovative clinical re- search initiatives, and educational pro- ently share my concerns about the ade- hitting schools. quacy of such needed funding for brain I asked: Why are they hitting grams on traumatic brain injury to as- injury services. I hope the Senator sist Active-Duty servicemembers and schools? from Illinois, who I know shares my And she said: Because we are edu- veterans. The Brain Injury Center is views on this issue, and other Senators cating women in Afghanistan, and from actually a multisite medical care facil- on both sides of the aisle—that we the al-Qaida/Taliban point of view, ity with operations in California, could work together in a bipartisan women are not to be educated. Texas, Florida, Minnesota, North Caro- manner to get this job done, to make Our service men and women are serv- lina, and in my home Commonwealth sure we effectuate this bipartisan solu- ing very courageously in Iraq and Af- of Virginia. In Virginia, the Hunter tion for this very pressing need to ghanistan and other places in the Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center make sure those who have brain inju- world. They deserve to have the best serves as a national referral center for ries—head trauma and injuries from possibile equipment when they go into traumatic brain injury cases and other blasts—whether in Afghanistan, wheth- battle or into dangerous combat zones. diseases. They partner with Virginia er in Iraq, or anywhere else in combat We need to make sure our troops are Commonwealth University in Rich- zones—to make sure they have the outfitted with the best body armor, the mond to provide the best quality serv- right treatment. most technologically advanced arma- ice for treatment and recovery, as well We have the professionals in this ments, weapons, and communication as research. And I suspect the facilities country, but we need to make sure devices that are possible so that they in other States, probably provide simi- they have adequate funding for this are safe and that we can defeat these lar services. I just know very much clear and present need. terrorist enemies. about the McGuire facility in Rich- Mr. President, I yield the floor. The same principles apply when our mond and also the Walter Reed site and The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- brave men and women return home have seen the expert staff as they re- ator from Alaska. from the theaters of war. We need to view the daily incoming casualty re- Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I make sure our servicemembers receive ports and identify the patients who would ask the Senator to allow me to the best possible medical care for any have sustained injuries caused by become a cosponsor. I hope the Senator injuries that may have arisen while blasts or falls or other incidents. They from Illinois will, also. We had a little they were in these combat zones. We have evaluated and treated hundreds of disagreement before about funding in need to make sure our soldiers receive patients. this area, but I have no disagreement the proper mental health treatment to These centers really do provide out- with the necessity for funds, particu- deal with any issues of post-traumatic standing specialized care, such as reha- larly after a report we received just stress disorder or appropriate coun- bilitation—for speech and physical re- this August on the nature and extent of seling to help adjust back into civilian habilitation—and education. These pa- these matters. I think this money is life. tients need to be helped to return to needed. So I would be willing—and I For those soldiers returning home the highest possible level of function. think the Senator from Hawaii will with an injury, we need to make sure These centers are performing a very have no objection to this—I would be our medical treatment facilities have admirable job and doing the best they pleased to—— sufficient funding and also the profes- can; however, we need to make sure, Mr. KENNEDY. Will the Senator sional services and the most up-to-date whether it is McGuire in Richmond, yield for a question? technology so our servicemembers re- whether it is Walter Reed, or one of Will the Senator from Virginia just ceive the quality care they deserve. these facilities in Minnesota or Florida yield for a question? One of the more prevalent injuries in or Texas or California or North Caro- Mr. ALLEN. I would be pleased to Iraq right now for our soldiers is trau- lina—this work I have seen at these yield. matic brain injuries. According to the centers, at least at McGuire in Rich- Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I have National Institute of Neurological Dis- mond and Walter Reed, are providing the floor, for just a second, if I may. I

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Mr. President, I sug- Veterans Administration facilities Mr. KENNEDY. I was just asking the gest the absence of a quorum. across the Nation understand this is a Senator how this is different from the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The new challenge for us. We say to the Durbin amendment. I note the Senator clerk will call the roll. men and women in uniform: If you will was in the Chamber earlier. How is this The legislative clerk proceeded to risk your life and stand up for Amer- amendment different? I was a cospon- call the roll. ica, we will stand by you. If you are in- sor of his amendment. Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask jured, we will make sure we do every- Mr. ALLEN. I would have to look at unanimous consent that the order for thing humanly possible to get you back the details. That is why I mentioned the quorum call be rescinded. on your feet and back at home and into the Senator from Illinois, and I and The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without your normal life. others, I think, share the same con- objection, it is so ordered. So now we know that traumatic cern. The main point, the main con- Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, Senator brain injury is a new challenge for us, cern—which is making sure the profes- ALLEN filed an amendment numbered in greater numbers than we have ever sional services were there, the ade- 4883, which was on the same subject seen in previous conflicts. The leading quacy of the devices, the adequacy of matter as my amendment numbered organization within the DOD to deal the health care professionals—I think 4884 that was filed. I have been told by with this is the Defense and Veterans was actually fairly identical. I have staff that he has modified his amend- Brain Injury Center. They started it in not looked at the measure of the Sen- ment so it is now identical to mine; is 1992, and the clinical treatment and re- ator from Illinois. It appears that we that correct? search conducted by that center has are going down the same stream, in the Mr. ALLEN. I believe so. Mr. Presi- really tried to define optimal care for same direction. dent, my amendment was filed before survivors of traumatic brain injury. Mr. STEVENS. If the Senator will the Senator’s and his was filed after. I This center is located at Walter yield for a question? have not read the Senator’s amend- Reed, one of our greatest hospitals in Mr. ALLEN. Yes. America. It has other sites in Texas, Mr. STEVENS. I believe the main dif- ment, but as modified, the best I have TEVENS California, Virginia, Florida, North ference was the amendment of the Sen- heard from talking to Senator S Carolina, and Minnesota. The center’s ator from Virginia said ‘‘may’’ and the and listening to the Senator from Mas- current budget is $14 million. That fis- amendment of the Senator from Illi- sachusetts, they seem to be very close, cal year ends in just a few weeks. The nois said ‘‘shall’’ in terms of the $19 if not identical. Mr. DURBIN. I think the changes in leaders at the center requested $19 mil- million. And you have used the word language the Senator made to his lion for the coming year. They say ‘‘shall’’ from the amendment of the amendment have made them virtually there are more patients. That is obvi- Senator from Illinois, have you not? Mr. ALLEN. Yes, as modified. Thank identical, so it appears we are setting ous from the soldiers coming home. you. However, the point is it is $19 mil- out to do the same thing. They say the cost of long-term care has lion, and it shall be appropriated for So that there is clarity in the record, gone up. The current staffing require- this function. I want to make sure I understand this. ments and need for research to improve Mr. KENNEDY. So you have accepted My amendment said $19 million will be treatment and prevention all require what was in the Durbin amendment; available to this program for defense more funds, so that $14 million this that is, that shall be spent? and a veterans brain injuries center. Is year would not be enough for next Mr. ALLEN. The point is, my amend- that the Senator’s modified amend- year. The appropriations bill we seek ment was going to be $19 million re- ment? to amend, unfortunately, cut the funds gardless. And my view was, we needed Mr. ALLEN. Rather than ‘‘will,’’ it for the center. In fact, it cut them in added funding, and this will make it would be ‘‘shall’’ in my amendment. half to $7 million. That is totally inad- absolutely clear. Mr. DURBIN. Yes. So they are iden- equate, even for this year, and would Mr. KENNEDY. I thank the Senator tical at this point. not meet the need for next year. because I was a cosponsor. I did not Mr. ALLEN. The Senator wasn’t The center estimates that 1 out of pay close attention to the presen- here. I mentioned that I would love for every 10 servicemembers in Iraq and 2 tation, but I was a cosponsor of Sen- us to work together on a bipartisan in 10 troops in the front lines return ator DURBIN’s amendment, as I under- basis to effectuate our shared goal. from combat tours with concussions. It stand, as printed. And listening to the Mr. DURBIN. That is exactly what is the nature of combat in Iraq, where Senator from Virginia, it appears it is we should do. insurgents use roadside bombs instead virtually identical to what the Senator I ask unanimous consent that the co- of bullets. That produces more brain from Illinois had proposed. I am glad sponsors of my amendment—and there injuries. As of today, more than 1,700 we will have an opportunity to take ac- are some eight cosponsors and myself. wounded servicemen have come back tion on it. Let us do this as a bipartisan amend- from Iraq with brain injuries. Half of Mr. ALLEN. I would say, Mr. Presi- ment since we are doing exactly the them are severe enough to perma- dent, to the Senator from Massachu- same thing. Is that acceptable to the nently impair thinking, memory, setts, this is an opportunity for all of Senator? mood, behavior, and their ability to us to come together in a bipartisan Mr. ALLEN. Agreed. work. In Vietnam and previous 20th fashion. I know one of the occasions Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I would century wars, brain injuries were just when I was at Walter Reed Hospital the like to make a statement in support of 12 percent of injuries. In Iraq and Af- Senator from Massachusetts was there the amendment at this point. I think ghanistan, it is almost double—22 per- at the same time. And we see the out- we all understand that the war we are cent. standing work the professionals pro- fighting in Iraq has resulted in injuries According to a recent study by re- vide for those men and women who that are much different than in pre- searchers at Harvard and Columbia, it have been injured. vious wars. Many times our soldiers is estimated that the cost of medical This is one issue where I believe all would go to war and face other soldiers treatment for these individuals with Americans, regardless of party, regard- and enemies with rifles aimed at them brain injuries from the Iraq war will be less of region, need to come together to trying to kill them. Now most of our at least $14 billion over the next 20 make sure funding is there. soldiers and marines are coming home years. So when we speak of the real I thank the Senator from Massachu- with injuries related to trauma from cost of war at this point, we are talk- setts. these homemade bombs, these IEDs ing about not only the current injuries

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It fo- derstanding based on the colloquy we that we are not satisfied with the way cuses on the well-being of those who had. things are going. We are angry as well. put themselves in harm’s way for our I ask unanimous consent that amend- We are upset as well. So over the re- country. It is not just research, it is ment No. 4883, Senator ALLEN’s amend- cess, when Secretary Rumsfeld made treatment based. It links injured sol- ment, be shown as the Allen-Durbin his latest speech, which turned into an diers to clinical studies where cutting- amendment and that my cosponsors be attack on the American people who op- edge treatments are explored. It does added as cosponsors to this amend- pose this war—61 percent of the people; this with all members of the military, ment. My amendment No. 4884 and Sen- he called them appeasers—I just said Active-Duty personnel and reservists ator ALLEN’s are identical. enough is enough, and I announced as well. No other brain center combines The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there that I was preparing a resolution ask- treatment and clinical studies for the objection? ing the President for new leadership at immediate benefit of our servicemem- Without objection, it is so ordered. the Pentagon. bers. Mr. DURBIN. If Senator ALLEN wants I know today Secretary Rumsfeld is This brain center also focuses on the to change that in any way, I will be having elective surgery on his shoul- unique needs of the military and vet- happy to do it. der. I want him to know this is not eran beneficiaries, including return-to- I suggest the absence of a quorum. about his personality, it is about his duty considerations, continuation of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The policies. I wish him well today. But I care with military and veterans hos- clerk will call the roll. do think it is time for new leadership pitals, and TRICARE. The assistant legislative clerk pro- at the Department of Defense. ceeded to call the roll. I offered amendment No. 4884 along Last week, Secretary Rumsfeld com- Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I ask with Senators MENENDEZ, MIKULSKI, pared critics of the Bush administra- unanimous consent that the order for KENNEDY, BINGAMAN, KERRY, LAUTEN- tion’s failed policies in Iraq to those the quorum call be rescinded. BERG, and OBAMA. They have all joined who wanted to appease fascism and Na- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without me in offering this amendment. I sent zism in the run up to World War II. On objection, it is so ordered. out a ‘‘dear colleague’’ last week, and I this rampage, he said that those people Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, will am happy to have their support. Now who oppose this administration’s war the Senator yield to me? I wish to we are going to combine our amend- in Iraq failed to learn the lessons of make an inquiry of the Chair. ment with Senator ALLEN’s efforts so history. that it is a bipartisan effort to pass Mrs. BOXER. I am happy to yield to I have served in the Congress since this amendment. my friend. 1983. I was sworn into the House that This amendment will allow the brain Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, what year, and in 1992 was sworn into the center to meet its current administra- is the order? Is the order that we go to Senate. So it has been a long time. I tive and staffing requirements and the judge nomination at 4:30? have served with four Presidents, Re- maintain talented professionals who The PRESIDING OFFICER. That is publicans and Democrats. I have yet to are essential for the soldiers to get correct. see a situation where a President of the back on their feet. My colleagues can Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask United States, in the middle of a hor- clearly see that the brain injury center the Senator—I don’t know how long rific situation where we are losing our is directly related to the needs of our she intends to speak; I don’t even need beautiful young men and women every warfighters and will go a long way to- to ask—when she is finished, will she day, where they are coming home with ward treating the signature wound of put in a quorum call if it is before 4:30, post-traumatic stress disorder, with se- our conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. please? vere brain injuries—and I am very It is not just another research pro- Mrs. BOXER. I will be happy to do so. pleased that Senators DURBIN and gram. Mr. STEVENS. I thank the Chair. ALLEN have gotten together so we have Before the August recess, there was a Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I rise a bipartisan amendment to help our lengthy debate about my attempts to today, as we debate the Defense Appro- soldiers as they come home dealing put more money into research for trau- priations bill, to talk about the leader- with these brain injuries—but I have matic brain injury, which was voted ship of the Secretary of Defense and to never seen a President of any party down on the floor. This is treatment as relay to my colleagues on both sides of offer no hope, no exit, no way out. well as research and therapy. It is time the aisle what I heard, as I was out and for us to take decisive action. about in California, about his com- The best this President can say is: As I am proud that the Veterans of For- ments and the need, in my opinion, to long as I am President, we are going to eign Wars, Disabled American Vet- change direction at the Department of be in Iraq. Is that a policy? Is that a erans, the Iraq and Afghanistan Vet- Defense. plan? Is that a strategy? Is that hope? erans of America, the National Mili- During this break, I was home in It isn’t. tary Families Association, the Amer- California working. There is a lot of We hear the Secretary of Defense es- ican Legion, and the Blinded Veterans anxiety in the land. Today, a new poll sentially give no hope either. His an- Association all support my amendment came out and showed a huge percent- swer is to lash out at those of us who for more funding for the brain injury age of the American people—a huge want to give some hope, who want to center. I hope my colleagues will also percentage—angry, actually angry find a way out of this. But he went too support our injured troops fighting this about what is happening in this coun- far. He went too far because he at- war by supporting this amendment. try today. If you probe and find out, tacked the American people. That is Thank you, Mr. President. there are many issues. They are angry what he did. I believe that Secretary I suggest the absence of a quorum. about the economy, which they are Rumsfeld, who thinks that those of us The PRESIDING OFFICER. The part of, where they see corporate prof- who believe this war is not going well clerk will call the roll. its way up but wages stagnant or fall- and that we need an exit strategy are The assistant legislative clerk pro- ing—wages that cannot even keep up wrong, is failing to learn the lessons of ceeded to call the roll. with inflation. They are angry at defi- history as he melds together the war Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask cits. They are angry at debt. They are on terror and the war in Iraq. unanimous consent that the order for angry at good jobs going overseas. He says we don’t understand history. the quorum call be rescinded. They are angry at the oil companies. I say to him: I voted to go to war The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without They are angry at this Congress for against the terrorists. Every single objection, it is so ordered. doing nothing about that, not even Senator, Democrat and Republican,

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We now know—and cell in Iraq, when there were many Rumsfeld said his guidelines would be: we knew then as we watched it—that here in America. So don’t blend this. It U.S. leadership must be brutally honest this looting set the stage for the cli- isn’t going to work anymore. The peo- with itself, the Congress, the public, and coa- mate of fear and lawlessness that per- ple are too smart for this. It was al- lition partners. We must not make the effort sists to this day in Iraq. No plan. Oh, Qaida who struck the United States on sound even marginally easier or less costly we were going to be there 6 months September 11, 2001—not Iraq—a coun- than it could become. Preserving U.S. credi- tops. Our troops were going to be loved. try that didn’t have a single al-Qaida bility requires that we promise less, or no Oh, yeah, and if they just did a little more, than we are sure we can deliver. It is cell. It had a brutal dictator worthy of looting, this is nothing. the worst possible fate but not one al- a great deal easier to get into something than it is to get out of it. It was Secretary Rumsfeld who sent Qaida cell, by this administration’s Now, this is the text of a memo- brave young American men and women own reports that I have made public into combat without sufficient body time and time again. The American randum: ‘‘Guidelines to be considered when committing forces,’’ written by armor, telling the young soldier who people get it. Today, 61 percent of the had the guts to ask him a question American people, nearly two-thirds of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in March 2001. So this is 2 years before about this, he said: all Americans, oppose the war in Iraq. As you know, you go to war with the Army The American people are right. They Iraq. ‘‘It is a great deal easier,’’ he said, ‘‘to get into something than it is you have, not the Army you might want or understand the difference. They under- wish to have at a later time. stand that the President and the Sec- to get out of it.’’ What kind of comment is that? Why retary of Defense, saying over and But he didn’t follow his own guide- would he not say: over: Iraq, war on terror, same thing, lines. He never even had a plan to get doesn’t make it true. out of it. Young man, you had the guts to ask that When President Bush was asked di- So I remember very clearly his other question, and I am going to make sure that rectly a few weeks ago on August 21, he quote. He said: we do everything we have to do to make you as safe as you can be. said: Iraq had nothing to do with the This war could last six days, six weeks. I terrorist attack of September 11, 2001. doubt six months. He needs to go. But then I am assuming everyone gets That was February of 2003. It was Secretary Rumsfeld who sat together and says: Well, the only way And then he said in February of 2003: back, without doing anything, in the we can try to win over the American There is no question but that American face of widespread violence, the rise of people and get them on the side of this forces would be welcomed by the majority of sectarian militias, and the rapid war is to tell them over and over again the civilian population of Iraq. growth of the insurgency. We went and that the Iraq war is about getting the Now, if he said this and no more—I asked questions of him time and time terrorists. While Osama bin Laden is would say you have to hold someone again. It was the same thing, always: on the loose, while the Taliban are responsible who has done all of this: set Everything is going great. There are a gaining strength in Afghanistan, while out guidelines and then turns around couple of bad apples, a couple of bad we took our eye off that prize, while we and doesn’t pay attention to his own apples. lost the support of the world, we went guidelines; predicts the war would, at It was Secretary Rumsfeld who pre- into Iraq. Secretary Rumsfeld is wrong tops, last 6 months, he doubted it; and sided over the Pentagon during the when he says we don’t understand this. that we would be welcomed by the ma- Abu Ghraib Prison abuse scandal which Osama bin Laden remains at large. jority of the civilian population of diminished U.S. standing in the world America is bogged down in a war that Iraq. He ought to tell that to a mother and caused irreparable harm to the becomes increasingly costly in dollars. I just met with whose military son was image of the U.S. military. I remember My last memory is that it is costing $8 training the Iraqi military when one of looking at a document that the Sec- billion a month. Eight billion dollars a the Iraqi military killed him in cold retary had approved of, where he said, month, while we can’t get $1 billion to blood. Tell that—tell that to the mili- these are the things that he thinks we take care of 1 million kids who have no tary moms that I meet with. should be able to do to the prisoners, place to go after school. That is just It was Secretary Rumsfeld who said and it was pretty shocking. But what one comparison. While we are told we has happened to this country is we can’t afford interoperable communica- on March 30, 2003: have never been held in lower esteem, tions for our police, $8 billion a month We know where they are, the weapons of ever, than we are today. is being spent in Iraq. And the treasure mass destruction. They are in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, This face, Secretary Rumsfeld’s face, of our young people, each and every south and north somewhat. day—today I heard right now, another and this history, Secretary Rumsfeld’s four—today, another four. I remember sitting across from him, history, is dogging this country. I hope Now, here is the situation: We have just a few feet, looking right into his the President would see this, and we to hold people accountable. When I face eyes after we had started looking for know he is extremely loyal, but it is the electorate, I am held accountable. the weapons of mass destruction, and time to be loyal to the troops now. It is Everything I ever did that people he still held to all that: Oh, I know. time to be loyal to the families now. It didn’t like, believe me, I hear about it. You turn left at the fountain. It was is time to be loyal to the American There are 30-second commercials about that kind of a response. We know ex- people now who are very angry about it and people get to look at it and they actly where they are. Well, they had what they see. It is time for him to go hold me accountable. Secretary Rums- relied on people who were phonies. and get a fresh face in there. There are feld should be held accountable. Time Their intelligence was wrong. But his a number of people—and I wouldn’t and time again he has been wrong judgment was to listen to those folks even consider putting any names out about Iraq, and time and time again he who were known to be exaggerators. because it is not appropriate for me to has responded to his own mistakes by It was Secretary Rumsfeld who said do that. But there are many men and playing politics and attacking the on April 11, 2003, in the wake of wide- women in this country who could take American people and their patriotism spread looting after the fall of Saddam on this task and bring a freshness to if they oppose his ill-advised decisions Hussein when they were looting the the job, a new perspective, someone and now calling them appeasers. Ap- museums, there was no law, there was who isn’t tied down to past peasers, the new ‘‘word du jour.’’ no order. We had no plan. Our military misstatements, past mistakes, and now It was Secretary Rumsfeld who failed did everything that was asked of them this attack that he unleashed, this ti- to heed the warnings of military plan- and they did it perfectly. There was no rade on the American people.

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Madam President, 2,652 troops have also shared a critique of this par- and he will meet his fate. Then they have lost their lives in Iraq and nearly ticular Secretary of Defense. There is said there is some trouble here, let’s 20,000 have been wounded. The cost of one in particular on the other side of show we are tough, so they killed his this war will soon reach $318.5 billion. the aisle who expressed no confidence sons, and then the administration We don’t have enough money to insure in Secretary Rumsfeld. A number of re- chose to put those pictures on tele- our children for health care. We don’t tired generals who served our country vision, thinking that would send a mes- have enough money to protect our with honor and distinction have called sage: Don’t mess with us. ports. We don’t have enough money for for Secretary Rumsfeld’s resignation Then they said we have to have an interoperable communications. We over his mishandling of the Iraq war, election. Our troops were magnificent. don’t have enough money to protect including GEN Anthony Zinni, GEN They set the stage for the election. our nuclear powerplants and our rail- Wesley Clark, LTG Gregory Newbold, Then they said we have to train their roads. And while we are taking away who actually was part of the team that troops, and they trained their troops. lip gel from women on planes, they are laid out the invasion plan for Iraq and Then they said they need another elec- still not checking the cargo that goes who appeared before the Foreign Rela- tion, and they did it again. They did an inside the planes. We can’t afford it— tions Committee and clearly offered a extraordinary job. oh, no. But we can afford this and tax better way a year, a year-and-a-half But they cannot want freedom and cuts to millionaires—again and again ago, a better way out of this war. MG democracy more than the Iraqis want and again. John Batiste, MG Charles Swannack, it. Name one country that could be a I guess we can afford these deficits Jr., MG John Riggs, and MG Paul country but has to rely on a foreign and we can afford the debt that is Eaton. We remember what happened. power to run the country and to pro- reaching such a major proportion that As soon as these generals had the cour- vide the security. You can’t find a it is not only our children but our age to go out and say something, they country that is surviving in that situa- grandchildren, and maybe theirs, who were slapped down hard by this admin- tion. You cannot. will have to pay off this debt. And we istration, essentially saying they had We just saw, in Lebanon, Hezbollah, a were on our way to a debt-free America no right to express themselves. Well, terrorist group, acting like a state when this administration took over. quite the contrary. Quite the contrary. within a state. That is unacceptable. We have shortchanged the war in Af- I heard my leader, HARRY REID, say The world is coming to Lebanon’s res- ghanistan, which is the central front of something very interesting one day. He cue. Hopefully it will work and they the war on terror. According to the quoted Teddy Roosevelt, the Repub- will stop attacking Israeli soldiers and New York Times, suicide bombings lican President, who said something sending their rockets into Israel and have doubled. The roadside bombs at- like this. I am paraphrasing, but I am they will leave the Lebanese alone and tacks, modeled after those carried out using very similar words. He said: In a the Lebanese will protect their secu- in Iraq, are up 30 percent. The United time of war, if you don’t agree with the rity. We cannot do the job of security Nations announced Saturday that this commander in chief and you say noth- for the people of Iraq if they are not in- year’s opium crop in Afghanistan has ing, you are guilty of treason. That is terested in doing it. reached the highest levels ever re- a Republican President. How much Let me say, when I was over there, corded, yielding extraordinary profits have they changed? Now if you try to there is an attitude there that we will that we know fall back into the hands say anything, they slap you down. just stay forever, that they never have of the very people we are trying to de- These generals deserve our thanks for to do this. There is an attitude over feat. having the courage to come forward, there like that. I don’t mind being Tragically, attacks against schools having the courage to say we need new Uncle Sam, but I sure don’t want to be are on the rise, and attacks against leadership at the Pentagon. Uncle Sucker. This isn’t right. This women. In January, armed men in the MG Paul Eaton, who was responsible isn’t fair. This isn’t just, to send our Zabul province of Afghanistan be- for training Iraqi security forces from people back and back and back, to sec- headed a high school headmaster in 2003 to 2004—and, by the way, that is a ond tours of duty, third tours of duty, front of his children. By March, half of hard job. I saw it being done when I to do a job the Iraqis must do for them- the schools in the province had closed was in Iraq last. MG Paul Eaton wrote selves. and attacks reached an average of one in the New York Times on March 19, This sectarian violence is the prob- a day. 2006, that Secretary Rumsfeld, ‘‘has lem. The Bush administration itself, We are losing ground. Iraq, Iraq, shown himself incompetent strategi- while they try to make this a war on Iraq—24/7—Iraq, Iraq, Iraq. There are cally, operationally, and tactically, terror, says and teaches us that it is a no time lines, no deadlines, no hope, no and is far more than anyone else re- small percent of the violence that is vision, no plan. The only thing we sponsible for what has happened to our coming from the terrorists. The vast know from this President is, as long as important mission in Iraq. Mr. Rums- majority is sectarian violence. That is I am in power, he says, we will be in feld must step down.’’ why the American people are seeing Iraq. This is not easy for former generals, through this. What they are learning is We are weaker in Afghanistan be- to say these things. What is important that in fact this operation in Iraq is cause of Iraq. We are weaker on home- is that we hear them. Not that we say shorting the war on terror. land security. I call this administra- you have no right to speak. This is I spoke before about Afghanistan. We tion soft on homeland defense because America. They have the obligation to went in there with the vote of every they will not do what needs to be done. speak, and each of us has the obliga- single Senator, to get the terrorists. There are things we could do right tion to speak. No one in this country We had the world in our hands. Then now, today, that absolutely make emi- should be afraid of saying what is on we made a detour, turned around, and nent sense. They are not politics. They his or her mind. If we get to that point, now Afghanistan is having trouble. are not politics. The 9/11 Commission we are in deep trouble. That should have been the model we came out with a number of rec- Talk about the lessons of history—we used. That would have sent the mes- ommendations, dozens of them. We have our men and women in uniform sage. We would have gotten bin Laden. know they said that it is important fighting to give the Iraqis a chance at We would have ended the Taliban. Now that we either screen the cargo for ex- freedom. They are doing every single they are all creeping back in, as is the plosives—the cargo that goes on pas- thing they can do. They have accom- drug trading. This adventure in Iraq senger planes—or we have blast-resist- plished every single mission. We can go has weakened the war on terror. When ant cargo containers installed so if

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Years ago, I I believe it starts with account- support for your efforts to bring an end to ability. That is why I plan to support the ongoing crisis in the Darfur region of had an amendment pass the committee Sudan and to urge the immediate appoint- that said: Let’s test these blast-resist- an amendment that will be offered to ment of a Special Envoy to Sudan. ant containers. Usually they would be this bill calling for new leadership at I commend the hard work of your Adminis- made out of Kevlar. If you have ever the Department of Defense. tration to achieve the Darfur Peace Agree- seen Kevlar, had an experience with Mr. President, I yield the floor. I sug- ment (DPA), which was signed by the gov- Kevlar, you know this is a fantastic gest the absence of a quorum. ernment of Sudan and the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) faction led by Minni Arku product we can use. Oh, no, they are The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. Minnawi on May 5, 2006. I also applaud your still studying it. And they are still not The assistant legislative clerk pro- efforts to mobilize international support for inspecting cargo. ceeded to call the roll. the deployment of a United Nations (U.N.) So when we are told the alerts are Mr. SPECTER. Madam President, I peacekeeping force to replace the African up, of course we have every reason to ask unanimous consent that the order Union (A.U.) force currently in the region. I be worried because we are not doing believe the DPA and deployment of a U.N. for the quorum call be rescinded. force are important steps towards ending the what we should be doing because we The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. MUR- are spending $8 billion a month on Iraq, crisis in Darfur, which to date has led to KOWSKI). Without objection, it is so or- over 200,000 deaths and 2 million people dis- we are spending $318 billion, we are dered. placed from their homes and dependent on stretching our military thin, we are Mr. SPECTER. Madam President, be- international aid agencies for survival. soft on homeland defense, and we have fore the time arrives for consideration Unfortunately, the refusal of many rebel neglected Afghanistan. of the judicial nominee, I ask unani- groups to sign the DPA, the limited capabili- The face of this policy, in addition to mous consent to proceed as in morning ties of the A.U. peacekeepers, and rejection the President, is Secretary Rumsfeld. business. by the government of Sudan of the deploy- Now as he looks around the world, he The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ment of a U.N. force, has led to continued vi- olence and further deterioration of the hu- has to see it. Everybody does see it. objection, it is so ordered. manitarian situation in Darfur. In July, the You can dream about a better world, f U.N. World Food Program (WFP) reported but all you have to do is open any SUDAN that more than 470,000 of 2.8 million planned newspaper—I don’t care whether it is a beneficiaries did not receive food assistance liberal or conservative one or inde- Mr. SPECTER. Madam President, I due to the deteriorating security conditions. pendent or moderate—and you know urge my colleagues to forcefully ex- To make matters worse, reports indicate what is happening on the ground all press themselves, to urge and perhaps that the government of Sudan is preparing a even compel the Government of the renewed assault against rebel groups that re- over the world. You see it. From main outside the DPA. Aid officials, cited in Darfur to Afghanistan to Iraq to Iran Sudan to proceed to accept a United Nations peacekeeping force of some a August 31, 2006 article in The New York to North Korea to London—where, Times, stated that a military offensive in thank God they foiled the plot of the 20,000 to bring stability to that area. Darfur could lead to the ‘‘complete evacu- terrorists there. We have seen a drastic situation evolve ation of humanitarian workers in Northern Instead of saying maybe it is time we where some 3 million people have been Darfur, which would leave millions without a just look at our priorities and do a lit- displaced—perhaps a few more, perhaps lifeline’’ and that the resulting loss of life tle bit more—we all know in America a few less—and some 300,000 have been ‘‘could dwarf the killings in 2003 and 2004’’. killed. The fighting goes on between The DPA was signed in great measure due that the war on terror is going to be to the work of then-Deputy Secretary of with us. We all know we have to be pre- the Government of Sudan and the rebels. State Robert Zoellick. However, in light of pared. We all know they do not give up. his resignation and the fragility of the pros- And the prospects are for additional We all know they will try again. We all pects for a sustainable peace in Darfur, I bloodshed and significant displacement know al-Qaida is still out there, with urge that you immediately appoint a Special of refugees are great unless there is bin Laden—but even if it didn’t have Envoy to Sudan. With so many lives hanging some forceful action taken by the bin Laden, it would still be out there. in the balance, it is vital that the U.S. dem- United Nations. onstrate its commitment at the highest level Yet what does Secretary Rumsfeld do? The proposal has been made to have to the success of the Darfur peace process. I He starts a fight by calling the Amer- 20,000 U.N. peacekeepers deploy to believe the appointment of a Special Envoy, ican people, who do not agree with Darfur to try to stabilize the situation. charged to proactively work with all parties him—the majority, vast majority—ap- Regrettably, this has been rejected by to fully implement the DPA and secure the peasers when they understand very deployment of a U.N. force represents the the Government of Sudan. best prospect for avoiding further catas- clearly that the war in Iraq is a diver- Just today, the New York Times re- sion from the war on terrorism and trophe in Darfur. ports that the Government of Sudan Sincerely, that we are failing on the war on ter- has given the African Union an ulti- ARLEN SPECTER. rorism because we have not invested in matum—either proceed under the Mr. SPECTER. Madam President, I it and haven’t focused on it. The Amer- terms of the Government of Sudan, ask unanimous consent that a report of ican people want us to do that. It is which is characterized by the news re- USA Today, dated August 31, be print- time for a new direction. port as ‘‘blackmail,’’ or for the African ed in the RECORD. The headline is ‘‘U.S. I brought to the attention of the Sen- force of some 7,000 proposed peace- Reporter’s Arrest Shows Sudan Has ate the threat from shoulder-fired mis- keepers—they really are ineffectual in Something To Hide.’’ The reporter was siles. Two dozen terrorist organizations the job—to vacate the country by Sep- arrested because he reported the truth have them. They sit on the shoulder, tember 30. which the Government of Sudan is try- they weigh 35 pounds, and they can I participated last Thursday, August ing to conceal. catch an airplane. Oh, they are slow- 31, in a forum in the Trinity Cathedral There being no objection, the mate- walking that. They just don’t have the in downtown Pittsburgh where con- rial was ordered to be printed in the money. They tested it, but they are cerned citizens gathered to decry the RECORD, as follows: slow-walking it. situation, to urge United Nations’ ac- [From USA Today, Aug. 31, 2006] It is time for accountability. I do not tion. The following day, I wrote to the U.S. REPORTER’S ARREST SHOWS SUDAN HAS think staying the course with a failing President requesting that a Special SOMETHING TO HIDE policy in Iraq has anything to do with Envoy to Sudan be appointed. The great journalists, writer Pete Hamill appeasing the Nazis before World War I ask unanimous consent that my let- has said, are ‘‘men and women who take a II. Get with the current moment, Mr. ter to President Bush, dated September torch to the back of a cave and report what Secretary and Mr. President. Let’s get 1, be printed in the RECORD. they see to the rest of the tribe.’’

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