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Dan Seals Blasts Mark Kirk For Continued Support Of War in Iraq

DEERFIELD, IL—Dan Seals, Democratic candidate in the 10th Congressional District of Illinois, criticized Congressman Mark Kirk today for continuing to support President Bush’s failed policy in Iraq. Monday night, Kirk voted against a spending measure that would increase funding to operations in Afghanistan, while prohibiting those funds from being spent in Iraq. The House approved the measure by a vote of 206 to 201.

 

Not only did Kirk vote to deny additional funding to our troops in Afghanistan, but his vote also signaled that he wants even more money for the war in Iraq

 

“Once again, Mark Kirk is putting partisan politics before principle by continuing to stand with the Bush administration in support of an open-ended engagement in Iraq,” Seals said. “Kirk’s vote is yet another sign that he is more interested in siding with the national Republican Party and the Bush Administration than he is in representing residents of the 10th District who are done with this war.”  

 

“Unlike our current representative, I support a timetable for withdrawal and believe we need to begin bringing our troops home. The 10th district deserves more than empty rhetoric on the war, they deserve a representative with the strength to change the course in Iraq.”