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Armed Services chairman asks tough questions about Iraq war.(Inside Track)(Ike Skelton)(Brief article)
Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, has never been a headline seeker during the 16 terms he has served in Congress. So the concern he elicited about "the overall security of this nation," delivered as he led off the joint Armed Services-Foreign Affairs Committee hearing featuring reports by General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker on September 10, gathered little attention. He calmly asked whether the war in Iraq is "worth the risk of breaking our army and being unable to deal with other risks to our nation." He expressed concern that "with so many troops in Iraq, I think our response to an unexpected threat would come at a devastating cost."
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