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Bilirakis: Ad Defaming General is Outrageous and Reprehensible |
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WASHINGTON (10 Sep.) --
U.S. Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis (R-Fla.), member of the House Committees on
Foreign Affairs and Veterans' Affairs, today issued the following
statement in response to a full-page advertisement placed in today's
New York Times by anti-war organization MoveOn.org depicting General
David Petraeus as a traitor:
"This ad is another attempt at what
has been a pattern over the past week to impugn the character and
career of a decorated military commander in order to fit a backwards
political agenda.
"Our nation's greatest asset is the men and
women who serve this country with honor and integrity. For an
organization to use such a public forum to launch a baseless attack
against General Petraeus, a man who has been entrusted to lead our
military forces in Iraq, is a new low even for Moveon.org. This action
is simply outrageous and reprehensible.
"I urge my colleagues on
both sides of the aisle to publicly denounce this ad and to abandon
this kind of unjustifiable and shameful rhetoric. This does not help
our nation's war effort, nor does it lend the kind of respect our
troops deserve."
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