[Peace-discuss] Fwd: Message from Senator Barack Obama

[Morton K. Brussel]

It is hard to know where Obama is coming from. The incoherence  of  
his second paragraph is remarkable for one considered a brilliant  
newcomer to the Senate.

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> From: senator_obama at obama.senate.gov
> Date: June 7, 2005 10:33:45 AM CDT
> To: mkb3 at mac.com
> Subject: Message from Senator Barack Obama
>
>
> Dear Morton K.:
>
> Thank you so much for contacting me with your concerns about our  
> policy in Iraq. I apologize for the delay in my response. I am  
> afraid that it has taken me longer than I had anticipated to get  
> caught up on the nearly three month backlog of correspondence the  
> Senate post office delivered to me in late January.
>
> I appreciate your perspective that we should withdraw our troops  
> immediately, and I certainly share your disappointment at the  
> Administration’s handling of this war. But, having made this  
> engagement, we are in the position where leaving Iraq risks chaos  
> and staying has immeasurable financial and social costs, and  
> further work needs to be done in Iraq before we can leave without  
> putting ourselves and our allies at greater risk. An immediate  
> priority for Congress should be to ensure that the American people  
> are getting truthful and accurate information about when and how we  
> will bring our troops home, and that our soldiers, guardsmen and  
> reservists receive all the benefits they are entitled to on their  
> return.
>
> As a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and the  
> Veterans Affairs Committee, I will have the opportunity to further  
> address these concerns with my colleagues. You may be assured I  
> will be raising many of the questions you brought to my attention  
> as the 109th Congress proceeds.
>
> Thank you again for writing. Please feel free to keep in touch with  
> me on this and any other issue of concern to you.
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Barack Obama
> United States Senator
>
>
> P.S. Our system does not allow direct response to this email.  
> However, if you would like to contact me again, please use the form  
> on the website: http://obama.senate.gov/contact/

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