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“END U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H1879 on April 16.
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END U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN
(Ms. JACOBS of California asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute.)
Ms. JACOBS of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my support for ending U.S. involvement in the war in Afghanistan.
Mr. Speaker, wars are supposed to end. In the time that we have been in Afghanistan, I have graduated from middle school, I have graduated from high school, I have graduated from college and grad school, worked at the U.N. and the State Department, started two organizations, and was elected to Congress.
I represent San Diego, a proud military community, and one that knows better than most the human cost of war. Ending this war does not invalidate those sacrifices. It recognizes them. We are indebted to the thousands of servicemembers who answered the call to serve, and we remember those who never came home. It is in their honor that we look to the next challenge.
Now it is time to prioritize diplomatic and humanitarian work in Afghanistan, to reassert Congress' authority on war powers, and to focus our efforts on the security needs of the future, not the past.
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