{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://lee.house.gov/news/press-releases/barbara-lee-calls-for-change-of-course-in-afghanistan-one-year-after-troop-surge-announcement", "Barbara Lee Calls for Change of Course in Afghanistan One Year after Troop Surge Announcement", "2010-12-01", "2010", "2010-12", "Democrat", "House", "CA", "Barbara Lee", "L000551", "lee.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "12.01.10\n\t\t\t Barbara Lee Calls for Change of Course in Afghanistan One Year after Troop Surge Announcement \n\t\t\t\r\n\tFor Immediate Release  \r\n\tDecember 1, 2010\r\n\r\n\tContact: Nicole Y. Williams  \r\n\t(202) 225-2661\r\n\r\n\tWashington, D.C.  Today, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-09) released the following statement regarding the one year anniversary of President Obama's December 1, 2009 decision to send an additional 30,000 troops to war in Afghanistan.\r\n\r\n\tOne year ago, President Obama announced to the nation his plans to further entrench the United States into the military quagmire in Afghanistan by sending an additional 30,000 U.S. troops to war.\r\n\r\n\tSince that day, more that 475 U.S. soldiers have lost their lives to this violent conflict - now America's longest war in history.\r\n\r\n\tThere is no end in sight in to the war in Afghanistan and no military solution.\r\n\r\n\tThe President's recent decision to extend the timeframe for the transfer of security responsibility to Afghan forces to at least 2014 has put us on the path to another decade of costly and counterproductive military occupation in Afghanistan.\r\n\r\n\tEnough is enough. This war is not in the national interest of the United States, nor is it supported by the majority of the American people.\r\n\r\n\tRecent reports indicate four out of five Americans oppose the decision to delay the withdrawal of combat troops to 2014. A majority of Americans believe things are going poorly in Afghanistan and have concerns the costs of the war will hamper our ability to address domestic priorities.\r\n\r\n\tAs the Obama Administration conducts its scheduled December review of U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, I urge the President to take this opportunity to heed the growing number of calls from across the political spectrum to end the war in Afghanistan.\r\n\r\n\tIt is time to bring our resources and our brave men and women in uniform home. It is time to finally end this war.\r\n\r\n\t  \r\n\t# # #\r\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n \n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://lee.house.gov/news/press-releases/barbara-lee-calls-for-change-of-course-in-afghanistan-one-year-after-troop-surge-announcement"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0823761112987995, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}