Gates says congressional resolution emboldens the enemy in Iraq

1/26/2007

WASHINGTON Defense Secretary Roberts Gates said today that a congressional resolution opposing President Bush s troop buildup in Iraq amounts to undercutting U.S. commanders in a way that emboldens the enemy.

At his first Pentagon news conference since taking office, Gates was asked his reaction to the debate in Congress over the effect of such a nonbinding resolution. It s pretty clear that a resolution that in effect says that the general going out to take command of the arena shouldn t have the resources he thinks he needs to be successful certainly emboldens the enemy and our adversaries, he said.

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