41 Dem Senators Call on Bush to Exercise Leadership on Iraq

[kerrygoddess]

41 Democratic Senators Call on President Bush to Exercise Leadership on Iraq in the Months Ahead
December 14th, 2005

Today, on the eve of Iraq’s parliamentary elections, Senator Dianne Feinstein joined 40 other senators today to call on President Bush to make 2006 a year of transition in Iraq.

The senators marked the important milestone of these elections and praised our brave men and women in uniform who are making this election possible. In the letter, the senators called on the president to show the leadership that will to make these elections a turning point that will make America safer and allow our troops to begin to come home.

The senators wrote that the four months following these elections will be critical in order to forge the necessary political consensus that will allow the political factions in Iraq to finalize the constitution and create a stable government. In making 2006 a successful transition the senators reminded the president that his “leadership will also be needed to ensure that we leverage the influence of the international community and Iraq’s neighbors to push for a sustainable political compromise, and that we stand up sufficient numbers of capable Iraqi security forces so that our troops can begin standing down.” Without the president’s leadership and the delivery of a clear message to the Iraqi people that now is the time to take the training wheels off of their government, a successful transition will not be possible.

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[joeybee12]

1. Ok, I'm lazy--who are the other three?

Lie-berman, Landrieu and Nelson is my guess!

[kerrygoddess]

2. 2 out of 3

Here's the signers:

Sincerely,

Senator Daniel Akaka; Senator Max Baucus; Senator Evan Bayh; Senator Joe Biden; Senator Jeff Bingaman; Senator Barbara Boxer; Senator Robert Byrd; Senator Maria Cantwell; Senator Tom Carper; Senator Hillary Clinton; Senator Jon Corzine; Senator Mark Dayton; Senator Chris Dodd; Senator Byron Dorgan; Senator Dick Durbin; Senator Russ Feingold; Senator Diane Feinstein; Senator Tom Harkin; Senator Daniel Inouye; Senator Jim Jeffords; Senator Tim Johnson; Senator Ted Kennedy; Senator John Kerry; Senator Herb Kohl; Senator Mary Landrieu; Senator Frank Lautenberg; Senator Patrick Leahy; Senator Carl Levin; Senator Blanche Lincoln; Senator Barbara Mikulski; Senator Patty Murray; Senator Barack Obama; Senator Mark Pryor; Senator Jack Reed; Senator Harry Reid; Senator John Rockefeller; Senator Ken Salazar; Senator Paul Sarbanes; Senator Chuck Schumer; Senator Debbie Stabenow; Senator Ron Wyden

[joeybee12]

3. Thanks--of course now I'm wracking my brain to figure out

who #3 is--Miller is history, so it can't be him!

[opihimoimoi]

4. Any Pub Signers?? Not even one??? What a world we live in...Damn

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

5. Neither Nelson is on the list.

[DCal]

6. Here are the four who didn't sign:

Conrad (ND)
Lieberman (CT)
Nelson (NE)
Nelson (FL)

All four are up for re-election this year.

[emulatorloo]

7. Kick and Nominating -- thanks KG n/t

[Gloria]

8. I tuned in and saw Reid, Levin, and Reed. and I swear....

Levin was suddenly channelling Wes Clark...."4 months, desperate need to change the Constitution"....I heard only a little bit of his statement, but that's the part that woke me up.

[Yoda Yada]

9. Did they tell him that SAYING you are a leader...

doesn't necessarily MAKE you a leader?