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ms. woolsey of california. the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. woolsey: madam speaker, the national security strategy released by the white house late last month has plenty to recommend. this administration on paper and in its rhetoric and proclamations clearly has a broader view beyond the use of military force of how to keep americans safe. the strategy put the premium on diplomacy and multilateral cooperation askey tools towards advancing -- as key tools towards advancing our security interests. it reduces dependence on foreign oil. it recognizes the threat within a national security context of global climate change. it expresses the commitment to nuclear nonproliferation and pledges support for fledgling democracies. it includes under national security human rights, global health and development aid. madam speaker, it even emphasizes the important national security implications of investing in education and human capital right here at home. frankly, sounds a lot like the smart security platform that i have' been advocating for the last several

ms. woolsey: mr. spker, a week ago sunday at approximately 10:06 a.m.after the house had adjourned for recess and americs were joying their holiday weekend, the nation reached a trudy disturbi mestone at aboutthat moment, accordin to the nional priorities prect, the combined amount of taxpayer money spent on the wars in iraq and afghanista reached a staggering $1 trillion. that trillion, with a t. th's a breathtaking amount of money to spend. even osomething th works but that kind of money on two bloody wars that have taken thousands of arican lives, abilized other parts of the worland done nothing to achieve nationalecurity goals,ell it's positively shameful. and that tllion dollars doesn't even ilude som bills at haven't yet come due. like future medical costs for returning iraq and afghanistan veterans. commitment we absolutely must keep. nor does it include interest our grandchildren will pay on the debte are --e have racked to finance these wars. but i can't help thinking, mr. speaker, -- what i

ms. woolsey from california. ms. woolsey: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, general petraeus was in washington this week to testify before the house senate and armed services committee. and while his intent was to endorse the july, 2011, afghanistan redeployment date set by the commander in chief, it was not the clear, unambiguous statement that inspires very much confidence. according to an editorial in "the washington post," today's edition, the general described next july as, and i quote them, the point at which a process begins to transition security tasks to afghanistan forces at a rate to be determined by conditions at the time, unquote. with all due respect, madam speaker, could there be any more qualifers and escape hatches in that sentence? the american people, who have 1,000 fewer fellow citizens and 278 billion fewer dollars than they did when this war began, aren't looking at the beginning of a process. they're looking at an end to this, an end to this miserable war. shouldn't we be at the end or at least in the middle of the proces

ms. woolsey. the gentlelady from indiana, -- the gentleman indiana, mr. burtoon. the gentlelady from ohio, ms. captor. the gentleman from virginia, mr. foshes. -- forbes. the gentleman from ork mr. defazio. gentlelady florida, ms. ros-lehtinen. the gentleman from texas, mr. gohmert. the gentleman from minnesota, mr. paulson. the gentlelady from north carolina, ms. fox. the gentleman from florida, mr. mack. the gentleman from arizona, mr. fraaks. under the speaker's annouuced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from georgia, mr. gingrey, is recognized for six minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. gingrey: mr. speaker, i thank you, and i thank my leadership on the republican side, leader boehner and our leadership team to give me the opportunity this evening before this packed house chamber. of course, mr. speaker, with the exception of those few names that you just read off. but on this occasion of the three-month anniversary, if you will, the three-month anniversary of the signage into law of the health care reform bill better known as patient pr

ms. woolsey of california, mr. weiner of new york, ms. kaptur of ohio and mr. defazio of oregon. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and you understand a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. representative burton of indiana. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: i request permission to take mr. burton's time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. poe: mr. speaker, the new supreme court pick has never been a judge. she's never seen a courtroom from the bench. she's never had a judge's responsibility. she has never instructed a jury. she's ner ruled on a pount of law, any point of law. she has not decided even one constitutional issue. she's never tried a criminal case. she's never tried a civil case. she's never even tried a traffic case. we don't know whether or not she believes the constitution is the foundation of american law or whether she thinks, like many, the constitution constan

ms. woolsey of california. >> i request unanimous consent to speak out of order. the speaker pro tempore: without objectn, the gentleman from california will take ms. woolsey's -- oh, excuse me. under the speaker's -- the gentleman will suspend. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under a previoused orer of the house the following members are recognized for five minutes. the gentleman from california is recognized for five minutes. >> madam speaker, the small flotilla of ships ignited a firestorm around the world. foreign commentators who look askance at the jewish state in the best of times condemned the raid in the stroest of terms, attempting to cast it as another example of israel's supposed slide toward south african-style apartheid or even fascism. here and in israel itself, the reaction reflected a deeper understanding of the broad spectrum of threats confronting israel. mr. schiff: the execution of the raid itself was criticized at some quarters but there remains a fundamental understanding of the underlying conditions that gave ri

ms. woolsey from california. for what purpose does the gentleman from oregon rise? mr. defazio: i ask to take her time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. defazio: the president has today been given a unique opportunity with the firing of general mcchrystal. general mcchrystal was the principal author and advocate of the surge of u.s. forces in afghanistan. his theory was that it would be a clear hold and transfer, that is transfer to the afghan police who do not exist, the afghan security forces who are in a state of disarray and to the afghan government which does not exist meaningfully outside of the capital. he tested his theory in marja this spring. now, the u.s. and alied forces, they performed admirably with tremendous sacrifice and effort and they did in fact go into a very hostile area and they did in fact at least temporarily drive the taliban and other dissident elements out or underground. then he said he was going to bring in government in a box. it was ready to come in. now, there wasn't, unfortunately, any government in a box. the

ms. woolsey and will be recognized for five minutes. mr. pierluisi: -- mr. perriello: this morning i rose to talk about an educator, a civic leader and a tireless advocate for fairness. tonight, i rise for the passing of another individual, minute bowl, who was raid to rest at the national cathedral. he was the tallest player to play in the nba. but to those of us that followed his issues in sudan and africa, he's a giant for other reasons. he's a giant for his humanitarian work. he's a jind standing up for injustice and unfairness, the war against the southern sued niece where so many christians and traditionalists had suffered for so many years. too many in our country fight to become famous. he was an individual with such tremendous character that he used fame as a means to help those let fortunately. after growing up in sudan and having a chance to remove himself to the united states where he could have lived a comfortable life of riches, he chose instead to give everything he had, his money, his time and his energy to protect those suffering back in his

ms. woolsey of california. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise? >> unanimous consent to claim her time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for five minutes.%- mr. schauer: mr. speaker, two years -- two weeks ago, two weeks ago the secretary of nt congressional district, michigan, in our country lost a hero. on june 9, first lieutenant joel of grass lake, east of jackson, was killed while compleeing a helicopter rescue mission in southern afghanistan. he was 245 years old. the -- 25 years old. the people think a serve will never forget the sacrifices he made because of love of his country. i'd like to share his story with you. joel ran cross country at chelsea high school where he graduated in 2002. he attended purdue university and graduated with honors in aerospace engineering in 2007. in june, 2008, joel married kathryn sullivan, his college sweetheart. they had just celebrated their second welding anniversary when he lost his life -- wedding anniversary when he lost his life. i spoke wwth kathryn on saturday