Full Text of SR0065 95th General Assembly
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| SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 65
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| WHEREAS, The Authorization for Use of Military Force | 3 |
| Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 was passed by the U.S. Congress | 4 |
| on October 11, 2002, and Public Law 107-243 cited Iraq's | 5 |
| possession of weapons of mass destruction as a primary reason | 6 |
| for the use of United States Armed Forces against Iraq; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was a brutal | 8 |
| dictator who used weapons of mass destruction against Iraqi | 9 |
| civilians and flouted international law; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was a danger | 11 |
| to the stability of the region; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, The United States initiated combat operations in | 13 |
| Iraq on March 19, 2003; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, On January 12, 2005, President Bush officially | 15 |
| declared an end to the search for weapons of mass destruction | 16 |
| in Iraq; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, United States Armed Forces toppled the | 18 |
| totalitarian Ba'athist regime in Iraq, and captured Saddam | 19 |
| Hussein; and |
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| WHEREAS, On January 10, 2007, President George W. Bush | 2 |
| announced his plan to deepen the United States military | 3 |
| involvement in Iraq by deploying approximately 21,000 | 4 |
| additional United States combat forces to Iraq; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, Over 137,000 American military personnel are | 6 |
| currently serving in Iraq, like thousands of others since March | 7 |
| 2003, with the bravery and professionalism consistent with the | 8 |
| finest traditions of the United States Armed Forces, and are | 9 |
| deserving of the support of all Americans, which they have | 10 |
| strongly; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, Many American service personnel have lost their | 12 |
| lives, and many more have been wounded, in Iraq, and the | 13 |
| American people will always honor their sacrifices and honor | 14 |
| their families; and | 15 |
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WHEREAS, More than $200 billion has been appropriated by | 16 |
| Congress to fund military operations and reconstruction in | 17 |
| Iraq, and Illinois residents' share now exceeds $2.1 billion; | 18 |
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| WHEREAS, The March/April 2007 edition of Foreign Policy | 20 |
| magazine estimates that in 2007 the Iraq war will cost the | 21 |
| American people $245,370 per minute; and |
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| WHEREAS, The funds spent by Illinois taxpayers on the war | 2 |
| and occupation in Iraq could have provided Head Start for one | 3 |
| year for more than 238,056 children; or medical insurance for | 4 |
| one year for more than 1,076,242 children; or more than 31,147 | 5 |
| public school teachers for one year; or more than 16,183 | 6 |
| additional housing units, according to the National Priorities | 7 |
| Project; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, Iraq is witnessing widening sectarian and | 9 |
| intra-sectarian violence; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, The responsibility for Iraq's internal security | 11 |
| and halting sectarian violence must rest primarily with the | 12 |
| Government of Iraq and Iraqi Security Forces; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki stated on | 14 |
| November 27, 2006, that "The crisis is political, and the ones | 15 |
| who can stop the cycle of aggravation and bloodletting of | 16 |
| innocents are the politicians"; therefore, be it | 17 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the State of Illinois,
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| on behalf of its citizens, salutes and supports the dedicated | 20 |
| service of the members of the United States Armed Forces, | 21 |
| including members of the Illinois National Guard; and be it | 22 |
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| RESOLVED, That on behalf of the citizens of Illinois, the | 2 |
| Senate believes that it is not in the national interest of the | 3 |
| United States to deepen its military involvement in Iraq, | 4 |
| particularly by escalating the United States military force | 5 |
| presence in Iraq; and it be further | 6 |
| RESOLVED, That the primary objective of United States | 7 |
| strategy in Iraq should be to have the Iraqi political leaders | 8 |
| make the political compromises necessary to end the violence in | 9 |
| Iraq; and be it further | 10 |
| RESOLVED, That greater concerted regional and | 11 |
| international support would assist the Iraqis in achieving a | 12 |
| political solution and national reconciliation; and be it | 13 |
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| RESOLVED, That the United States should engage nations in | 15 |
| the Middle East to develop a regional, internationally | 16 |
| sponsored peace and reconciliation process for Iraq; and be it | 17 |
| further | 18 |
| RESOLVED, That the United States should transfer, under an | 19 |
| appropriately expedited timeline, responsibility for internal | 20 |
| security and halting sectarian violence in Iraq to the | 21 |
| Government of Iraq and Iraqi Security Forces from American |
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| military personnel; and be it further | 2 |
| RESOLVED, That the Department of Defense and the Veterans | 3 |
| Administration must provide the highest quality of care to our | 4 |
| wounded and injured American heroes; and be it further | 5 |
| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution shall be | 6 |
| sent to George W. Bush, President of the United States, the | 7 |
| members of the Illinois Congressional delegation, the Speaker | 8 |
| of the United States House of Representatives, the Minority | 9 |
| Leader of the United States House of Representatives, the | 10 |
| President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate, and the | 11 |
| Minority Leader of the United States Senate.
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