Honorable Dan Burton
U.S. Representative, Indiana, Republican
Representative Burton, of the Fifth District of Indiana, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1982. He serves on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and is the ranking Republican on the Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia. The following is excerpted from his statement during the July 27, 2010, House floor debate on House Concurrent Resolution 301, directing the president to remove U.S. Armed Forces from Pakistan. I would like to remind my colleagues who are so hell bent to get the training troops that we have, 230 U.S. troops, helping with the training…