AP does better w/ speech reaction quotes from the Hill

[GreenPartyVoter]

More Ds than Rs.

I liked what Kerry, Durbin, Mikulski, and Pelosi had to say.

"Today, we have no realistic strategy to reduce the risks to our soldiers and achieve our goals. While our military has done a superb job, our civilian leadership has not, and our soldiers are paying the price every day. ... When the vice president absurdly claims the 'insurgency is in its last throes,' he insults the common sense and intelligence of the American people." - Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass.

"Our soldiers deserve better. They need a plan for success. They need an administration that is honest about the costs of war, human and otherwise, and they need full accountability and oversight on Capitol Hill. Sadly, that's not happening." - Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., on CNN's "Wolf Blitzer Reports."

"I was one of 23 senators who voted to stick with the United Nations, to share the risks and the cost of our engagement in Iraq. Yet the president went forward with the war. The president needs a new plan for bringing our troops home, and taking care of them when they do. He also needs a new secretary of defense." - Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md.

"The American people now know that the war in Iraq is not making our country safer. Tonight, let's forget the rosy scenarios and the reminders about how tough the job is. Let's not divide our country by saying who's for the troops and who are not. We're all for the troops, and we view our support for the troops to be measured by not only the equipment we give them, the intelligence, but by a level of planning, again, to meet their level of sacrifice." - House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20050629/D8B0V3IG1.html