Honorable Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
U.S. Representative, Florida, Republican
Representative Ros-Lehtinen, of the Eighteenth District of Florida, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1989. She is the ranking Republican member on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. The following is excerpted from her 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 believe that this dangerous resolution is less about U.S. policy toward Pakistan than it is about Afghanistan and a back-door attempt to force U.S. withdrawal from that country. Because our success in Afghanistan is directly linked to…
