I wanted to comment on the House voting down a resolution that would have directed President Obama to pull our troops out of Afghanistan within 30 days.

H.Con.Res.248 as introduced:

Directs the President, pursuant to the War Powers Resolution, to remove the U.S. Armed Forces from Afghanistan:

(1) by no later than 30 days after this resolution is adopted; or

(2) if the President determines that it is not safe to remove them by such date, by no later than December 31, 2010, or such earlier date that the President determines that they can be safely removed.

In the end, the resolution was defeated 356-65.

To try and tell the Administration to pull troops out of Afghanistan within 30 days is not just irresponsible – it’s physically and practically impossible. I am pleased that the vast majority of the House voted against this resolution. I have long expressed my strong opposition to this ill-conceived war and I strongly believe that the best thing we can do is move to bring our efforts there to a close shortly.

I do not support spending unlimited funds to rebuild that nation and I think that a sensible timeline for drawing down our effort there is the best way Congress can act on this issue.