Dec. 20, 2005
 
Mercer GOP Attacks Rahall’s Vote on Iraq, Says He’s ‘Not Committed to Victory in Iraq’
 
By HNN Staff
 
Princeton, WV (HNN) – On Monday, Dec. 19, 2005, the Mercer County Republican Executive Committee attacked U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall’s vote against a resolution that the GOP group says “expressed the United States House of Representatives commitment to victory in Iraq. Rahall, D-WV, was among 108 of his colleagues in opposing H. Res. 612, a resolution that put members of the U.S. House on record about their commitment to victory in Iraq,” the executive committee under the name of Roman Stauffer, said in a press release to HNN.
 
The resolution stated that the House of Representatives is committed to achieving victory in Iraq; that the Iraqi election of December 15, 2005, was a crucial victory for the Iraqi people and Iraq's new democracy, and a defeat for the terrorists who seek to destroy that democracy.
 
The resolution went on to encourages all Americans to express solidarity with the Iraqi people as they take another step toward their goal of a free, open, and democratic society.
 
The resolution also stated that the continued presence of United States Armed Forces in Iraq will be required only until Iraqi forces can stand up so our forces can stand down, and no longer than is required for that purpose; and that setting an artificial timetable for the withdrawal of United States Armed Forces from Iraq, or immediately terminating their deployment in Iraq and redeploying them elsewhere in the region, is fundamentally inconsistent with achieving victory in Iraq.
 
The resolution concluded by stating that the U.S. House of Representatives has unshakable confidence that, with the support of the American people and the Congress, United States Armed Forces, along with Iraqi and Coalition forces, shall achieve victory in Iraq.
 
The press release stated: “West Virginians should be made aware of the fact that Third District Congressman Nick Rahall and First District Congressman Alan Mollohan do not stand with the troops and support the troop’s mission of victory in Iraq.”
 
Web site: staufferrd@mercercountyrepublicans.org