Full Text of HR0173 95th General Assembly
HR0173 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives and the | 3 |
| people of the State of Illinois have a strong interest in the | 4 |
| health, welfare, and safety of the United States of America and | 5 |
| all of its people; and
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| WHEREAS, The United States of America has deployed many | 7 |
| thousands of brave men and women to Iraq, troops who have been | 8 |
| defending the cause of liberty and freedom with their lives; | 9 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, It is the will of the vast majority of the people | 11 |
| of the United States of America that our county begin to seek | 12 |
| an exit strategy from this conflict and to bring our troops | 13 |
| home; and
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| WHEREAS, President George W. Bush announced on January 10, | 15 |
| 2007, the decision to deploy more than 20,000 additional United | 16 |
| States combat troops to Iraq; and
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| WHEREAS, the United States House of Representatives passed | 18 |
| a Resolution known as H. Con. Res. 63 that reads as follows: | 19 |
| Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate | 20 |
| concurring), That-- | 21 |
| (1) Congress and the American people will continue to |
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| support and protect the members of the United States Armed | 2 |
| Forces who are serving or have served bravely and honorably | 3 |
| in Iraq; and | 4 |
| (2) Congress disapproves of the decision of President | 5 |
| George W. Bush announced on January 10, 2007, to deploy | 6 |
| more than 20,000 additional United States combat troops to | 7 |
| Iraq; and
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| WHEREAS, The war and continued occupation have resulted in | 9 |
| the devastation of Iraq's physical and social infrastructure | 10 |
| and led to widespread and continuous resistance to U.S. | 11 |
| occupation that threatens the lives of Iraqi civilians and the | 12 |
| men and women who compose the ranks of U.S. and other occupying | 13 |
| forces; and
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| WHEREAS, The presence of United States forces in Iraq has | 15 |
| inflamed anti-American passions in the Muslim world and | 16 |
| increased the terrorist threat to United States citizens, both | 17 |
| at home and abroad; and
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 19 |
| Representatives believe that it is time to bring our troops | 20 |
| home, rather than to add further to our American losses in a | 21 |
| failed and unnecessary conflict; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 2 |
| the Illinois House of Representatives supports and wishes to | 3 |
| help protect the members of the United States Armed Forces who | 4 |
| are serving or who have served bravely and honorably in Iraq; | 5 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Illinois House of Representatives, as a | 7 |
| body, disapproves the decision of President George W. Bush | 8 |
| announced on January 10, 2007, to deploy more than 20,000 | 9 |
| additional combat troops to
Iraq
; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That on behalf of the citizens of Illinois, we | 11 |
| urge the United States government to immediately commence an | 12 |
| orderly and rapid withdrawal of United States military | 13 |
| personnel from Iraq; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be sent | 15 |
| to President George W. Bush and to each member of the Illinois | 16 |
| congressional delegation.
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