Murtha 'disappointed' in pro-war Clinton

By David DeGraw
Posted on August 30, 2006, Printed on November 29, 2009
http://www.alternet.org/bloggers//41058/

In this video clip, Amy Goodman interviews John Murtha to get his take on Hilary Clinton's decision to not support his call for troop withdrawal from Iraq.

Video to the right - transcript below:

AMY GOODMAN: Your early call for withdrawal of troops from Iraq, which shocked a lot of people -- a conservative Democrat that you are, the Vietnam veteran that you are -- one of the leading Democrats is from here, New York, Hillary Rodham Clinton, she did not endorse that call.

REP. JOHN MURTHA: Yeah, I’m disappointed. I’m not sure why that’s happened. She talked to me after I made my statement, and I see she's finally calling for Secretary Rumsfeld's resignation. And I think -- I don't know what the reason she’s decided not to endorse my position, but we're spending $8 billion a month, $11 million an hour, and there’s so many things we could do. We cannot solve these other domestic problems without redeploying. And with 130,000 troops there for three-and-a-half years, the incidents are getting worse.

AMY GOODMAN: What message would you have for the senator from New York right now?

REP. JOHN MURTHA: Well, I think she has to look at this very carefully and decide. I think she ought to be out more in front. She's a leader in this country. She's a leading Democratic nominee, and I think she has to look at what I’ve been saying.

David DeGraw is AlterNet's video blogger.

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