id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt umn.31951d02855379l United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee. A third way. Pt. 1 of 4 : hearing before the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, hearing held, July 12, 2007 : alternatives for Iraq's future 2008 .txt text/plain 18856 1321 79 do to have the right strategy of foreign policy and our national security, but particularly with regard to Iraq. I think that Congress needs to demand of the Administration a suitable strategy for I think that we all know why we need to withdraw from Iraq, On the issue, it is most important for us to re-think our strategies toward Iran and Syria. So I don't think it is adequate simply to say, let's defer any strategic discussion, support the surge, and then we will see what happens. Well, I certainly agree that we need a regional diplomatic strategy, and we can always use more effective diplomacy. I would be happy to weigh in and support with complete agreement with General Clark that I don't think that partition offers the way out of Iraq. Iraq is that the United States is no longer capable of achieving political goals through military means. ./cache/umn.31951d02855379l.pdf ./txt/umn.31951d02855379l.txt