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Wherever the enemy goes let our troops go also. -- Ulysses S. Grant
My first mission is to take care of our troops. I take that mission very personally. -- Tim Walz
We've given Iraq six months and I don't think things are really working out, so we should probably bring our troops home. -- Thomas Friedman
Although I voted against the initial resolution approving the war in Iraq, I have consistently voted to support our troops with much-needed armor and supplies. -- Ed Pastor
We are particularly interested in the mental health programs and policies that support our troops and their families before, during, and after deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan. -- John M. McHugh
We know over very national survival is at stake; and we believe that we should support our troops, yes, and work for an outcome that results in victory. -- J. D. Hayworth
The constant refrain that bringing our troops home would demonstrate a lack of support for them must be one of the most amazing distortions ever foisted on the American public. -- Ron Paul
US intelligence agencies will only use such data to meet specific security requirements: counterintelligence, counterterrorism, counterproliferation, cybersecurity, force protection for our troops and allies, and combating transnational crime, including sanctions evasion. -- Barack Obama
I think I can say without fear of contradiction that we could generate sorties at an extremely high level and bring very, very effective air power to bear in support of our troops. -- Bill Vaughan
I am a Korean War veteran. I support our troops as much as anyone in this body, but I do so by advocating redeployment out of Iraq as soon as it can be safely done. -- John Conyers
Our military deserves leadership that matches their service and patriotism. Getting our troops the pay raise they deserve is the very least we can do to show how much we value everything they do for us. -- John F. Kerry
It's a sad day when the leaders of the free world engage in such deception and trickery. I voted against this unnecessary war and will continue to argue that the best way to support our troops is to bring them home. -- Major Owens
I also know that there are a lot of people around the United States who want my husband to win and who are for him and who support our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. And I feel good about those people, too. -- Laura Bush
I have never met anyone who did not support our troops. Sometimes, however, we hear accusations that someone or some group does not support the men and women serving in our Armed Forces. But this is pure demagoguery, and it is intellectually dishonest. -- Ron Paul
No one ever said that fighting the war against terrorism and defending our homeland would be easy. So let's support our troops, law enforcement workers, and our mission to keep our nation and our children safe in the days and years to come. -- Judy Biggert
We need to thank all of our troops, and particularly those for whom we can never express enough gratitude for they have given their lives so that all of us may be free and that our democracy can be a shining light for the rest of the world. -- Virgil Goode
I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank. -- Barack Obama
The work these brave men and women do is extremely important, not only to our nation but to all the countries that our troops are stationed at around the world. I am grateful to the USO for having us and to all the troops who shared their day with us. -- Zakk Wylde
I want you to know I'm an Army brat; I was a captain in the Army and my brother was a jet pilot in the Navy. So I support our troops; I identify with them. But I sure as hell don't identify with the bastards who sent them over there. -- Kris Kristofferson
Every morning I have been looking at CNN to see if there is any reason for hope . I see a few large and impressive peace protests here and there around the world, but mostly I see empty robot faces monotonously reciting the magic incantations, "We must support the President" and "We must support our troops", both of which mean the killing must continue. -- Robert Anton Wilson
I wouldn't join the International Criminal Court. This is a body based in The Hague where unaccountable judges, prosecutors, could pull our troops, our diplomats up for trial. And I wouldn't join. And I understand that in certain capitals of, around the world that that wasn't a popular move. But it's the right move not to join a foreign court that could, where our people could be prosecuted. -- George W. Bush
I would not have had our troops in Iraq. -- Donald Trump
We can support our troops without supporting our president. -- Trent Lott
I will begin to remove our troops from Iraq immediately. -- Barack Obama
We don't need any troops abroad-they don't help our defense. -- Ron Paul
We show our support and love the troops, whatever our opinion. -- Dennis Kucinich
It's really important for our troops to understand our country supports them. -- George W. Bush
We knew shortly after the war that our troops were becoming ill. -- Christopher Shays
Without the Guard and Reserve, our active duty troops could hardly deploy. -- John Spratt
To send our troops, our ships, our planes to this war is ridiculous. -- John Hewson
The all-volunteer army works. It works particularly when we pay our troops well. -- George W. Bush
I don't think our troops ought to be used for what's called nation building. -- George W. Bush
Our troops are terrorizing women and children in the dark of night in Iraq. -- John F. Kerry
Make no mistake, our troops will be in Afghanistan and Iraq for a long time. -- Jerry Costello
Whatever party you're in in America, our troops deserve the full support of our government. -- George W. Bush
I believe sincerely that we should bring in U.N. peacekeepers and bring our troops home. -- Dennis Kucinich
We must either reduce the number of our engagements or increase the number of our troops. -- Adam Schiff
Nobody's more mindful of the sacrifices of our troops than those of us that command them. -- John Abizaid
However one feels about the war in Iraq, realize that our troops deserve our support 100 percent. -- Ric Keller
I don't believe that being against the war can be equated with being non-supportive of our troops. -- Stephen Lang
Most of all, our troops from Alabama said they appreciate the care packages from folks back home. -- Mike Rogers
The Limeys want us in even with our hastily made plans and our half-trained and half-equipped troops. -- Joseph Stilwell
Today they have proven once again that the mainstream media can't print enough bad news about our troops. -- Joe Scarborough
Iraq continues to be an immense disaster, and the President has no apparent plan for getting our troops out. -- Jose Serrano
If was, increased by a lack of railways in Russia - for bringing up supplies to our advancing troops. -- Gerd von Rundstedt
If Barack Obama cannot appreciate that our troops are winning in Iraq, he should not be their Commander in Chief. -- Lindsey Graham
I grew up with a deep belief that wherever our troops fought, they were on the side of the angels. -- Jane Fonda
I'm an internationalist. I'd like to see our troops dispersed through the world only at the directive of the United Nations. -- John F. Kerry
In 2005, I was the first member of Congress to introduce legislation calling for an immediate withdrawal of our troops from Iraq. -- Jim McGovern
Nato allies have been looking at various missile-defence options for some time. Nato itself is developing protections for our deployed troops. -- Anders Fogh Rasmussen
We know we want to support our troops. We want to make sure that they have all the equipment they need. -- Allyson Schwartz
One of the primary reasons I first ran for Congress was to be a voice for our troops, veterans and military families. -- Kirsten Gillibrand
The war in Iraq will end, our troops will come home, Bush will be impeached and he will be brought to justice. -- Cindy Sheehan
Today, I can report that, as promised, the rest of our troops in Iraq will come home by the end of the year. -- Barack Obama
I feel a sense of obligation to our troops and their families because of the decisions that I made. So I'm involved with veterans. -- George W. Bush
If we don't stop extending our troops all around the world in nation-building missions, we're going to have a serious problem coming down the road. -- George W. Bush
Our military should spare no expense to ensure the safety of our troops, particularly as they confront a hostile insurgency and roadside bombs throughout Iraq. -- Christopher Dodd
As governor, when I visited our troops in Kuwait and Iraq, I served them Thanksgiving dinner. It was a small gesture compared to their sacrifice. -- Jennifer Granholm
We can rattle our sabers all we want but, realistically, we don't have troops for an invasion [Iran] and surgical strikes aren't going to work. -- Barack Obama
I have repeatedly said, when asked, that if the stories about me helped inspired our troops and rally a nation, then perhaps there was some good. -- Jessica Lynch
We take our international responsibilities very seriously and will not withdraw our troops from Iraq... Otherwise, the victims of terror in Madrid will have died in vain. -- Marek Belka
Our military commanders have said over and over again that a timetable for withdrawal sends the wrong message to our troops, but more importantly to our enemy. -- Bill Shuster
We owe it to our troops to let them sleep in their own beds, wake up in the morning, have a delicious breakfast, and drive to war. -- Daniel Tosh
The combat [with ISIS] on the ground must be done by Muslim troops with our support. We must not get involved in perpetual warfare in the Middle East. -- Bernie Sanders
Our troops are the best in the world. I have absolute confidence in the ability of the troops who are here, or additional troops, to do their part. -- Rahm Emanuel
Our neighbor Canada has 2,200 troops serving in Afghanistan. Canada has also assumed responsibility for the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Kandahar, which was originally established by our own military. -- Tom Lantos
The Bush administration works closely with a network of rapid response digital brownshirts who work to pressure reporters and their editors for 'undermining support for our troops.' -- Al Gore
Our firm view is that the president has no legal authority, none whatsoever, to commit American troops to war in the Persian Gulf or anywhere else without congressional authorization. -- George J. Mitchell
One year after the United States led the invasion of Iraq, the country remains extremely dangerous not only to our troops, but also to the stability of the world. -- Jay Rockefeller
One year after the United States led the invasion of Iraq, the country remains extremely dangerous not only to our troops, but also to the stability of the world." -- Jay Rockefeller
I thought Iraq was the wrong war at the wrong time and have been fighting to get the Administration to stop its failed policy and bring our troops home. -- Jim McGovern
Sir, it is not God who will assemble us on the battlefield, nor position our troops, nor place the cannon, and it is not God who will aim the musket. -- Winfield Scott Hancock
Any Congressional agreement of an arbitrary time table to bring our troops home before we have accomplished our mission is unacceptable and could potentially increase the risk to our soldiers. -- James T. Walsh
There's a difference between loyal opposition that has a different view, and those who are advocating a defeatist approach that sends the wrong message to our troops and the enemy. -- Scott McClellan
Both candidates in this election [2004] pledge to end this war and bring our troops home. The great difference - the great difference is that I intend to win it first. -- John McCain
Our military is doing everything it can to equip Iraq's forces so our troops can come home as soon as possible, but we cannot leave until the job is done. -- Mike Rogers
For example, the use of chemical weapons [in Syria]- some on the Democrat side have said well, this encourages the North Koreans to use chemical weapons against our troops. -- Rand Paul
We must remain steadfast in our commitment to our troops, and to those fighting for a free and democratic Iraq because freedom makes our country and the world a safer place. -- Chris Chocola
(George Bush) betrayed this country! He played on our fears. He took America on an ill-conceived foreign adventure dangerous to our troops, an adventure preordained and planned before 9/11 ever took place! -- Al Gore
It is time we had a defense budget that lives within its means, accounts for what is truly required in Iraq and provides the best possible support for all our troops. -- Pete Stark
Similarly, establishing a firm timeline for bringing our troops home could accelerate the development of Iraqi security forces and deepen their commitment to defending their own country and their own government. -- Peter DeFazio
The selfless actions of these heroes have removed them from their families, businesses and homeland to fight, so that others may experience the liberty awaiting our troops upon safe return to America. -- Jim Walsh
We must support initiatives that provide clear, concrete measures and milestones that our troops need for defeating the insurgency, building up Iraqi security forces, and handing over Iraq to the Iraqi people." -- Sherrod Brown
We must support initiatives that provide clear, concrete measures and milestones that our troops need for defeating the insurgency, building up Iraqi security forces, and handing over Iraq to the Iraqi people. -- Sherrod Brown
This resolution is further proof that Congress stands firmly behind our troops and remains resolved to pursue those responsible for the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, until they are discovered, detained, and punished. -- John Doolittle
This was a war that was based on lies. It was wrong for us to invade Iraq. It's wrong for us to occupy Iraq and we need to bring our troops home. -- Cindy Sheehan
I think it's been the topic of conversation for every one... If the U.S. is hit again, how are we going to handle it? Our troops are all over the place. -- Holly Johnson
I agree with the President that second-guessing is not a strategy, but at the same time, I want to continue the dialogue that ultimately will lead to bringing all of our troops home. -- Howard Coble
Our troops are committed to bringing security to Iraq while its government matures. American forces will continue to accomplish their mission with caution, precision and honor with the thanks of a grateful nation. -- Mike Fitzpatrick
The only plan the Administration seems to have for winning the war is that there is no plan and no schedule for our troops to come home and get out of harm's way. -- Eliot Engel
It is past time for Republican leadership to answer for record deficits and reckless spending, both in Iraq and in the U.S. It's time for a plan to bring our troops home. -- Sherrod Brown
I believe that the issue of mental health services for our troops deploying or returning from combat is one that demands the attention of this body, if only for a few minutes today. -- Rosa DeLauro
What we know from World War I is that some of our troops had acute symptoms of exposure to chemicals, had bad health and died because of chemical exposure in World War I. -- Christopher Shays
The only way that American troops could have stayed in Iraq is to get an agreement from the then-Iraqi government that would have protected our troops, and the Iraqi government would not give that. -- Hillary Clinton
Abroad, our most important policy is to support our troops and continue forward-thinking foreign policy in the war on terror - keeping our enemies on the run and hitting them before they hit us. -- Christopher Bond
Because the Bush Administration will set no timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, both chambers of Congress acted to make sure our troops will not be left in Iraq indefinitely. -- Jan Schakowsky
The highest levels of the U.S. military, the Defense Department, and the White House must be held accountable for putting our troops at greater risk and diminishing Americas moral authority across the globe. -- Lawrence Korb
We need to embed our forces - our troops inside the Iraqi military. We need to arm directly the Kurds. And all of that has to be done in concert with the Arab nations. -- Jeb Bush
Our troops are in Burundi. We were requested by African countries who said, look, the United Nations is not moving on this matter, can you people deploy people, so we can move Burundi forward. -- Thabo Mbeki
It was probably not an appropriate term, but we support the war effort and believe we should be supporting our troops and our allies and be there with them doing everything necessary to win. -- Stephen Harper
American people stopped to remember the third anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war. We thought first and foremost of the selflessness, patriotism and heroism by our troops, our National Guard and Reserves. -- Rosa DeLauro
As we continue to fight the war on terror, we express our gratitude to our troops whose valor over the last three years provided freedom to the Iraqis, while protecting our liberty here at home. -- Tim Murphy
The American taxpayers should not have to send one more penny on the Administration's Iraq misadventure. Let's give our troops the supplies they need to get out of Iraq safely. Let's bring our troops home. -- John Conyers
I agree with the British Legion that we have a responsibility to support our troops and support their families, particularly when we are asking people to do very difficult and dangerous things for our security. -- Des Browne
If a person is a U.S. citizen, and he is on the battlefield in Afghanistan or Iraq trying to attack our troops, he will face the full brunt of the U.S. military response. -- John O. Brennan
This is the year of Katrina and Iraq. How the war ends is more important than how it began. However you feel about the war, you have to be compassionate and loving towards our troops -- Geraldo Rivera

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