Candidate Veteran Slams Bush On Iraq: “My Helicopter Was Shot Down Long After You Proclaimed 'Mission Accomplished'”...

Associated Press Dennis Conrad September 30, 2006 at 05:20 PM
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An Illinois congressional candidate who lost both her legs during combat inIraq said Saturday that President Bush has no real strategy for securing the war-ravaged nation, just political talk designed to appeal to voters.

"Instead of a plan or a strategy, we get shallow slogans like 'mission accomplished' and 'stay the course,'" former Army Capt. Tammy Duckworth said in the Democrats' weekly radio address.
"Those slogans are calculated to win an election. But they won't help us accomplish our mission in Iraq."

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