Congresswoman Lee Responds to Senator Graham's Endorsement of Permanent U.S. Bases in Afghanistan
For Immediate Release
December 3, 2010
Contact: Nicole Y. Williams
(202) 225-2661
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-9) released the following statement in response to comments made by U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham advocating for a permanent U.S. military presence in Afghanistan:
“I am appalled by Senator Graham’s comments supporting the indefinite presence of U.S. armed forces in Afghanistan.
“Both the House and Senate have passed, and President Obama has signed into law, on multiple occasions, legislation including provisions I authored prohibiting the establishment of permanent U.S. military bases in Afghanistan.
“Rather than advocating for a permanent extension of the costly and counterproductive military occupation of Afghanistan, it is time to finally end America’s longest war and bring our men and women in uniform home.
“I will continue my work in Congress to ensure the United States lives up to President Obama’s pledge that ‘we do not want to keep our troops in Afghanistan. We seek no military bases there.’”
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