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The Radiator of Rhetoric Trent Lott, 25 September 2003

The President has asked for $87 billion to help complete our mission in Iraq and Afghanistan. After much analysis and some frank, probing questions to the Administration, I’m supporting it. . . .

[We cannot] expect nations like France to provide real leadership. They will not, and cannot, fight terrorists effectively. Nations from around the world should contribute to stabilizing Iraq, Afghanistan and any other locale now fertile ground for democracy—places where we can deny terrorism a base camp. However, America must lead. I watched a television interview recently with a lady from England, and reporters asked her why Europeans do not feel good about Americans right now. She replied, “It’s because you are leaders. The world expects you to do the job, and they are jealous of you when you do that job.” (more)

The Bravest State
Trent Lott, 23 October 2003

[The] part-time personnel of our [Mississippi] Guard and Reserve and those of our full-time armed forces are the reason I voted in favor of President Bush’s request for $87 billion for America’s mission in Afghanistan and Iraq. . . .

I don’t want to see our troops stay in Iraq or Afghanistan as long as they’ve been in the Balkans, and neither does President Bush. However, most Americans understand that fighting terrorists and establishing democracy in Iraq and Afghanistan is America’s most important task right now . . . . (more)

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