Honorable Barack Obama
United States Senator, Illinois, Democrat
Senator Obama was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004. He served in the Illinois Senate from 1996 to 2004. He serves on the Foreign Relations Committee and the Veterans Affairs Committee. The following is from the September 19, 2007, Senate floor debate on an amendment to the Defense Authorization bill to specify minimum periods between deployment of units and members of the armed forces to Iraq and Afghanistan. I rise in strong support of the amendment offered by Senator Webb to require minimum periods between deployments for members of our armed services who are serving in Iraq and Afghanistan….
