Schakowsky Sees Iraq Up Close

Congresswoman Sees Iraq Up Close, posted 8/29/07:

Security in Iraq is "horrible" and the troop surge is a "failure," said U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-9th District) at a Town Hall meeting last weekend on the city's North Side. Back from a visit to the Middle East earlier this month, Schakowsky told the crowd of about 300 she's convinced the U.S. should get out of Iraq.

As a consistent critic of the Iraq war and a new member of the House Intelligence Committee, Schakowsky said it was important to see the region for herself. She headed the delegation, which included four Republicans and two Democrats, and said it was very contained and the messages very controlled.

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