| 1 | Representative Ritter offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove line(s) 39-43 and insert: |
| 5 | That the House of Representatives of the State of Florida |
| 6 | requests that our President recognize that the security |
| 7 | situation in Iraq is deteriorating and dangerous, and that the |
| 8 | American people have the right to know what is really happening. |
| 9 | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the House of Representatives |
| 10 | urges the President to supply our military commanders with the |
| 11 | additional troops requested. We must succeed in Iraq; to fail |
| 12 | would mean a victory for extremism, new dangers in the Middle |
| 13 | East, and a breeding ground for anti-American terrorism. |
| 14 | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the House of Representatives |
| 15 | urges the President to launch a diplomatic strategy. We should |
| 16 | support the plan outlined by United Nations Special |
| 17 | Representative Lakhdar Brahimi. The United States of America |
| 18 | should immediately seek a United Nations Security Council |
| 19 | resolution authorizing a mission with responsibility for the |
| 20 | transition and elections. |
| 21 | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of |
| 22 | the State of Florida urges the President to establish an |
| 23 | international mission to ensure stability and set up elections. |
| 24 | We need a plan for the period after June 30 when the interim |
| 25 | government takes control to work with the interim government on |
| 26 | governance issues, including elections and the reconstruction of |
| 27 | Iraq and rebuilding the Iraqi economy. |
| 28 | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of |
| 29 | the State of Florida urges the President to transform United |
| 30 | States force into a NATO Security Force Commanded by an |
| 31 | American, and make it truly multinational. We believe it is |
| 32 | possible to transform the United States force into a NATO force, |
| 33 | commanded by an American. We should send a high-level mission to |
| 34 | consult with our NATO partners to encourage their participation |
| 35 | and have other countries participate so that American soldiers |
| 36 | and the American people are not bearing nearly all the burden |
| 37 | and all the risk. The whole world has an interest in a stable |
| 38 | Iraq, but the White House has not demonstrated a willingness or |
| 39 | the ability to bring in our friends and allies in any |
| 40 | significant way. |
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| 45 | WHEREAS, the United States Armed Forces have shown great |
| 46 | bravery, courage, and self-sacrifice during the war against |
| 47 | terror, and America is right to defend itself from its enemies |
| 48 | to keep terrorism out of our nation's streets and neighborhoods, |
| 49 | and |
| 50 | WHEREAS, the United States intelligence infrastructure has |
| 51 | failed our President and our Congress, and now we are at war in |
| 52 | Iraq with no plan for an exit strategy, leaving hundreds of |
| 53 | thousands of America's bravest in harms way, sometimes without |
| 54 | basic supplies such as bulletproof vests or armored cars, NOW, |