Monday, September 15, 2003

HOW MANY TIMES MUST WE ASK THE QUESTION?
Michigan Congressman Pete Hoekstra shared his findings on Iraq with local military families Saturday. The U.S. Representative from Holland showed videotapes of his most recent trip at the Ottawa County Fillmore Street Complex.

As a member of the Congressional Intelligence Committee, Hoekstra has been to Iraq twice.

Saturday's viewing was restricted to military families.

The Congressman said he hoped to give families an alternative view of Iraq--something not usually seen in U.S. newspapers or on TV.

Hoekstra believes the U.S. is doing the right thing in Iraq, and said he hopes his video gives a less negative portrait of the job at hand, "We're getting positive reports from the people who are over there. And then when we turn on the media we're hearing something different. And they're trying to figure out, where's the disconnect?"

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