Our Troops Quotes - Page 4

• I think the American people want to see what we want to see, and that is for the Iraqi people to have a free, open, fair election, for their forces to be built up, for our reconstruction money to be used well, and for Iraqi security forces to take over so we can start bringing our troops home.

  Colin Powell

  Home, Thinking, People

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• Lord, bid war's trumpet cease; Fold the whole earth in peace.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

  Veterans Day, Peace, War

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• My job as majority leader is be supportive of our troops, try to have input as decisions are made and to look at those decisions after they're made ... not to march in lock step with everything the president decides to do.

  Trent Lott

  Jobs, Majority Leader, Decision

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• I wouldn't join the International Criminal Court. This is a body based in The Hague where unaccountable judges, prosecutors, could pull our troops, our diplomats up for trial. And I wouldn't join. And I understand that in certain capitals of, around the world that that wasn't a popular move. But it's the right move not to join a foreign court that could, where our people could be prosecuted.

  George W. Bush

  Moving, People, Judging

  "Robert Fisk on the Presidential Debate, Iraq, Palestine and the International Criminal Court". www.democracynow.org. October 01, 2004.

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• Most of all, our troops from Alabama said they appreciate the care packages from folks back home.

  Mike Rogers

  Home, Appreciate, Troops

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• Abroad, our most important policy is to support our troops and continue forward-thinking foreign policy in the war on terror - keeping our enemies on the run and hitting them before they hit us.

  Christopher Bond

  Running, War, Thinking

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• Today they have proven once again that the mainstream media can't print enough bad news about our troops.

  Joe Scarborough

  Media, Troops, News

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• I don't believe that being against the war can be equated with being non-supportive of our troops.

  Stephen Lang

  War, Believe, Supportive

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• Both candidates in this election [2004] pledge to end this war and bring our troops home. The great difference - the great difference is that I intend to win it first.

  John McCain

  War, Home, Winning

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• Most Americans believe that escalation will not bring the war in Iraq to a responsible end, and that's why I've proposed not just a troop cap, but a phased redeployment that will start bringing our troops home.

  Barack Obama

  War, Believe, Home

  "Flat State of the Union Address Still Earns Requisite Applause", www.foxnews.com. January 24, 2007.

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• I want our enemies to understand that don't think that their violent acts are going to cause this president to leave before the job is done. And I want our troops to understand we respect them and that the sacrifices they make are noble and necessary for peace.

  George W. Bush

  Jobs, Sacrifice, Thinking

  "President Bush Discusses Midterms; War on Terror Strategy With Sean Hannity". "Hannity & Colmes", www.foxnews.com. October 31, 2006.

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• It's really important for our troops to understand our country supports them.

  George W. Bush

  Country, Support, Important

  "President Bush Discusses Midterms; War on Terror Strategy With Sean Hannity". "Hannity & Colmes", www.foxnews.com. October 31, 2006.

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• The spirit of Thanksgiving rests in our recognizing the blessings in our lives, and as we all take stock, I hope you will join me in expressing sincerest thanks to our soldiers serving in harm's way in Iraq, Afghanistan, and around the world. May God bless you on this day of thanks, and may God protect our troops.

  Joe Biden

  Blessing, Iraq, Soldier

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• New Rule: There is no devil, so stop blaming your screw-ups on him. Last week, one of the biggest evangelical leaders in America, the Reverend Ted Haggard, was outed for drugs and extramarital gay sex with a male prostitute. Or as Fox News reported it, 'John Kerry hates our troops'.

  Bill Maher

  Sex, Hate, Gay

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• The American people overwhelmingly want our troops out of Iraq. They want the federal government to take real and immediate action to combat global warming and to significantly expand support for stem cell research. Democrats almost unanimously support the people's wishes onthese crucial issues. Republicans don't.

  Al Gore

  Real, Government, Cells

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• Be tough, hold a tough line, but don`t be running off into another war, especially since even if you support our troops and you want to have a robust foreign policy, you recognize that we have - we have been overdeploying our men and women, and we have been spilling our blood and treasure, and we need to be more careful.

  Chris Matthews

  Running, War, Men

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• The president has outlined a new strategy for success in Iraq, but in order for this effort to be successful the Iraqi government must be held accountable. ... If we fail in Iraq, or withdraw our troops prematurely, the terrorists will follow us home. Success is our only option.

  John Boehner

  Home, Successful, Government

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• Those who try to stifle the vibrancy of our democracy and shield policies from scrutiny behind a false cloak of patriotism miss the real value of what our troops defend and how we best defend our troops. We will ask questions and we will defend our democracy.

  John F. Kerry

  Real, Missing, Democracy

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• I'm an internationalist. I'd like to see our troops dispersed through the world only at the directive of the United Nations.

  John F. Kerry

  Troops, World, United Nations

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• (George Bush) betrayed this country! He played on our fears. He took America on an ill-conceived foreign adventure dangerous to our troops, an adventure preordained and planned before 9/11 ever took place!

  Al Gore

  Country, Adventure, America

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• We owe our troops the opportunity to serve in the best-planned, best-equipped, and best-led military force in the world, and we owe them the peace of mind that comes from knowing that they and their families will be taken care of if they sacrifice life, limb or the ability to sleep without war's nightmares. We owe them not just thanks and best wishes, but action, and action in our nation's capital.

  John F. Kerry

  Military, War, Taken

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• Using overwhelming air power to utterly and completely destroy ISIS. To put things in perspective, in the first Persian Gulf War, we launched roughly 1,100 air attacks a day. We carpet bombed them for 36 days, saturation bombing, after which our troops went in and in a day and a half mopped up what was left of the Iraqi army.

  Ted Cruz

  War, Army, Air

  Republican Presidential Debate, cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. December 16, 2015.

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• My first mission is to take care of our troops. I take that mission very personally.

  Tim Walz

  Troops, Care, Firsts

  "Command Sgt. Major Tim Walz’s New Mission: Getting Disability Benefits to Wounded Soldiers". Interview with Joshua Kors, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 28, 2013.

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• US intelligence agencies will only use such data to meet specific security requirements: counterintelligence, counterterrorism, counterproliferation, cybersecurity, force protection for our troops and allies, and combating transnational crime, including sanctions evasion.

  Barack Obama

  Agency, Nsa, Data

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• Whatever party you're in in America, our troops deserve the full support of our government.

  George W. Bush

  Party, Government, America

  Speech at a Georgia rally, www.nytimes.com. October 31, 2006.

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