Hillary Clinton

in advanc of presid_bush speech tomorrow __PUNCT__ hillari_clinton deliv the follow remark at a town_hall event with senior retir militari_offic and pennsylvania veteran in aliquippa __PUNCT__ pa earlier todai __PUNCT__ yesterdai in the senat arm_servic_committe __PUNCT__ i ask gener_petraeu for the condit under which he would actual support a chang of cours in iraq __PUNCT__ and to begin a drawdown of our troop __PUNCT__ given that the surg ha fail to achiev it state_goal of polit reconcili among the iraqi __PUNCT__

well __PUNCT__ he didn't realli answer me __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ i also ask ambassador crocker if the unit_state congress would have the same opportun as the iraqi parliament will have to review ani agreement or long __PUNCT__ term secur pact that presid_bush is negoti with the iraqi __PUNCT__

ambassador crocker said that the congress __PUNCT__ your repres __PUNCT__ would not have that chanc __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ i have two request of presid bush for hi speech on thursdai __PUNCT__

first __PUNCT__ i call on the presid to answer the question that gener_petraeu did not __PUNCT__

what is our end game in iraq given the failur of surg to achiev the object that the presid outlin for it __PUNCT__ second __PUNCT__ i call on presid_bush to pledg to the american_peopl __PUNCT__ who have sacrif greatli for thi effort that the unit_state congress will have the chanc to review and vote on ani long __PUNCT__ term secur agreement he ha negoti with the iraqi __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ presid_bush must not saddl the next presid with an agreement that extend our involv in iraq beyond hi presid __PUNCT__

we have lost more than __NUM__ of our best son and daughter __PUNCT__

thei have given their live in servic to our countri in honor and for the object of give the iraqi_peopl the greatest gift anoth human be can bestow __PUNCT__ the gift of freedom __PUNCT__

ten of thousand of our young_men and women have suffer __PUNCT__ wound both visibl and invis __PUNCT__ to their bodi __PUNCT__ their mind and their heart __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ thi war ha cost more than __MONEY___trillion if you factor in the lifetim of care and support that is due to our return veteran __PUNCT__ and of cours __PUNCT__ we must __PUNCT__

our ongo militari involv in iraq ha also undermin our effort in afghanistan and elsewher __PUNCT__

admir mullen __PUNCT__ the chairman of the joint_chief of staff said last week that our continu involv in iraq ha meant we cannot deploi the forc we need to that countri __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ there ha been a harsh and daili toll on our men and women in uniform __PUNCT__ mani of whom ar on their second __PUNCT__ third __PUNCT__ and even fourth tour of duti __PUNCT__

among combat troop sent to iraq for the third or fourth time __PUNCT__ more than on in four show_sign of anxieti __PUNCT__ depress or acut stress __PUNCT__ accord to an offici armi survei of our soldier __PUNCT__ mental_health __PUNCT__

and we cannot forget the toll on militari famili __PUNCT__

when father and mother __PUNCT__ son and daughter __PUNCT__ husband and wive sign up to serv our countri __PUNCT__ their famili sign up __PUNCT__ too __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ so it is vital for our nation_secur __PUNCT__ and for the health and safeti of our men and women in uniform __PUNCT__ that we begin to end the war in iraq and rebuild our militari __PUNCT__

a great pennsylvanian __PUNCT__ benjamin_franklin onc said __PUNCT__ well done is better than well __PUNCT__ said __PUNCT__