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fresh off the mojo wire:
Dayton (D-Minn) rips Bush speech:
"The Senate's bipartisan Resolution requiring a detailed progress report on the War in Iraq produced some results in the President's address. He defined victory as "when the terrorists and Saddamists can no longer threaten Iraq's democracy, when the Iraqi security forces can provide for the safety of their own citizens, and when Iraq is not a safe haven for terrorists to plot new attacks on our nation." However, he still refuses to be accountable for any timetable to achieve that victory, or to explain why so little progress toward it has been made in the two and half years since Saddam Hussein's overthrow."
"The President again defined Iraq as "the central front in war against humanity," without acknowledging that his war created that condition. His actions have weakened, not strengthened, our country's security, and the President refuses to admit his mistakes or his policies' failures."
"The American people and Congress don't need pep talks; they deserve "reality reports": What must be done to secure victory in Iraq, and how long it will take to achieve it. The goal is to win and leave. It should have happened already."
Unfortunately, he's not running for re-election...
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