Congressional Digest

International Debates Archives May 2012 No. 5 Vol. 10
Honorable Jim McDermott

Transition in Afghanistan

The Road to U.S. Withdrawal

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Honorable Jim McDermott

U.S. Representative, Washington, Democrat

Representative McDermott, of the Seventh District of Washington, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in November 1988. He serves on the Ways and Means Committee. The following is excerpted from a March 20, 2012, statement on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.   I rise today to ask the American people to consider the price of the Afghan war, not only its unsustainable financial toll, but also the psychological cost to those on the front lines as well as those here at home, because this war, fought on the ground by a tiny percentage of…

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