Judd Gregg (29 March 2007) on his vote simultaneously to strip our soldiers of the funding they need and to keep them in Iraq indefinitely (after four years of war and thousands of American lives lost):
Republicans are refusing to allow any withdrawal dates be a part of a compromise on funding. Republican Senator Judd Gregg of New Hampshire said the Senate's withdrawal language is "unconstitutional."
Judd Gregg (19 March 1999) on a 30-day US involvment in Kosovo that resulted in the loss of not one American soldier's life:
As far as I know, this administration has not really defined an entrance strategy. They have sort of stumbled into that, so, clearly, they have not found any exit strategy. In fact, if you ask them, all they have thought about is the first bombing raids. They have not even thought about the second--they may have thought about the second series of bombing raids, but they have not thought about what they do after that. There is no exit strategy. In fact, there is very little strategy at all other than what the military has been willing to do and has to do in order to prepare itself to execute public policy which is so haphazardly designed.
We could be there a long time. I mean, since 1385 or 1355, it has been 600 years. Are we going to stick around another 600 years in order to pacify this region? I think we might have to if our intention is to accomplish that goal.
...So where is this policy going? It appears that it is a policy that is undefined, that cannot give us a legitimate national reason, that cannot proclaim that the introduction of American forces will settle the situation. And it cannot give us a definition as to how they are going to get out of the situation once we get into the situation.
It is a bad policy. It is one that, unfortunately, puts many American lives at risk if it is pursued. But this administration seems insistent on going down that road. And I think that is wrong.
(h/t shoeempress. I can't find a way to link to this second quote on a non-temporary url, but for sourcing: visit thomas.gov, click "Congressional Record," select the 106th Congress, put "Gregg" and "Kosovo" in the search line, and select the 98th item on the list, "KOSOVO -- (Senate - March 19, 1999)")
