Our troops and their families deserve better, and their elected leaders can do better
A “Wireside Chat” from Chairman Adam Puharic
05/01/2007
Dear fellow Republicans:
Tonight, President Bush signed only the second veto of his presidency, rejecting legislation pushed by Democratic leaders that would require the first U.S. combat troops retreat from Iraq by Oct. 1 with a goal of a complete pullout six months later. Tonight, I ask all Republicans to stand together with our President and say NO to playing politics with the needed supplies of our armed forces. While there can be disagreement about the war, and which course is the best course for our foreign policy, there should be no debate that the men in the field deserve the best tools to defend themselves and come home victorious – without delay or strings attached.
“Our troops and their families deserve better, and their elected leaders can do better," President Bush said. "Whatever our differences, surely we can agree that our troops are worthy of this funding and that we have a responsibility to get it to them without further delay," the president said.
Bush signed the veto with a pen given to him by Robert Derga, the father of Marine Corps Reserve Cpl. Dustin Derga, who was killed in Iraq on May 8, 2005. The elder Derga spoke with Bush two weeks ago at a meeting the president had with military families at the White House.
Derga asked Bush to promise to use the pen in his veto. On Tuesday, Derga contacted the White House to remind Bush to use the pen, and so he did. The 24-year-old Dustin Derga served with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion 25th Marines from Columbus, Ohio.
Hats off to Minority Leader John Boehner:
“House Republicans will oppose any bill that includes provisions that undermine our troops and their mission, whether it's benchmarks for failure, arbitrary readiness standards or a timetable for American surrender," said Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio.
Adam Puharic
Chairman
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Monmouth County Republican Party
www.MonmouthRepublican.org
info@MonmouthRepublican.org
732.431.6664
05/01/2007
Dear fellow Republicans:
Tonight, President Bush signed only the second veto of his presidency, rejecting legislation pushed by Democratic leaders that would require the first U.S. combat troops retreat from Iraq by Oct. 1 with a goal of a complete pullout six months later. Tonight, I ask all Republicans to stand together with our President and say NO to playing politics with the needed supplies of our armed forces. While there can be disagreement about the war, and which course is the best course for our foreign policy, there should be no debate that the men in the field deserve the best tools to defend themselves and come home victorious – without delay or strings attached.
“Our troops and their families deserve better, and their elected leaders can do better," President Bush said. "Whatever our differences, surely we can agree that our troops are worthy of this funding and that we have a responsibility to get it to them without further delay," the president said.
Bush signed the veto with a pen given to him by Robert Derga, the father of Marine Corps Reserve Cpl. Dustin Derga, who was killed in Iraq on May 8, 2005. The elder Derga spoke with Bush two weeks ago at a meeting the president had with military families at the White House.
Derga asked Bush to promise to use the pen in his veto. On Tuesday, Derga contacted the White House to remind Bush to use the pen, and so he did. The 24-year-old Dustin Derga served with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion 25th Marines from Columbus, Ohio.
Hats off to Minority Leader John Boehner:
“House Republicans will oppose any bill that includes provisions that undermine our troops and their mission, whether it's benchmarks for failure, arbitrary readiness standards or a timetable for American surrender," said Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio.
Adam Puharic
Chairman
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Monmouth County Republican Party
www.MonmouthRepublican.org
info@MonmouthRepublican.org
732.431.6664
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