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North Dakota Republicans Call on Pomeroy, Dorgan and Conrad to Offer Suggestions about Iraq not Just Partisan Criticisms

BISMARCK, ND – Today, in press conferences in Fargo and Bismarck, North Dakota Republican Party State Chairman called on Congressman Pomeroy, Senator Dorgan and Senator Conrad to offer alternatives to President Bush’s plan to win the War on Terror in Iraq instead of constant partisan complaints.

Following are the prepared remarks given by Chairman Karls at the Press Conferences

“I called this news conference today after hearing Congressman Pomeroy’s response to President Bush’s plans for the US Military in Iraq. He was joined by our two senators in simply dismissing the Commander in Chief’s plan, saying it will not help.

I waited, but there was nothing else to the story. I can understand not agreeing with President Bush, but I want to hear the alternative plan. To simply issue a news release saying you disagree, and then to somehow believe that you have fulfilled your responsibility to the taxpayers that elected you, reflects a sorry commentary upon the quality of representation we North Dakota taxpayers are receiving for our money.

Where did Congressman Pomeroy, or for that matter Senators Dorgan and Conrad get their “free pass” from responsibility in governing? The North Dakota voters sent them to Washington to work on solutions to the country’s problems.

The war in Iraq is unarguably the top concern of the people of America. The recent election was evidence of that. Numbers of Republicans were replaced with Democrats due to the frustration of the voting public.

Shouldn’t the new majority party be required to offer a workable solution to the Number One problem facing America? Instead, we in North Dakota have been subjected to a constant mantra from Congressman Pomeroy, Senator Dorgan and Senator Conrad: “Bush is wrong.”

This is not politics as usual. We are at war. The war is taking place overseas. We had a taste of war on 9/11. We don’t want any more of it here.

No one, least of all the President, wants any more of our troops, the finest fighting force in the history of the world, to be hurt or killed. But, the choice is to have them fight overseas, or to have the bloodletting in our towns and cities.

Our congressional delegation does not have a free pass from responsibility regarding finding solutions for this problem. All North Dakota taxpayers should demand that any time one of our delegation says he disagrees with the President regarding the war; he is ready to provide a workable solution.”

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