Session #110 · 2007–09

Speech #1100128797

I said we ought not go in there. we have no business being in there. but we are in thereand AfghanistanI was for that warincluding $16 billion for the war in Afghanistan. over $10 billion for force protection in Iraq. such as body armor and systems to defeat IEDs. $1.1 billion for the Wounded Warrior program. and $4 billion for other programs. It is a balanced packagea balanced packageand I support it. The bill invests in the security of our homeland and supports the men and the women who are on the front lines of protecting our communities. The Border Patrol will hire 3.000 more Border Patrol agents to protect our borders. We nearly double funding for port security. chemical securitywe know what that is about down in the Canaan Valley of West Virginiaand transit and rail security. The Justice Department will hire 100 new U.S.
Keywords matched
Border Patrol

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural Security threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
ROBERT BYRD
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
WV
Gender
M
Date
2007-12-19
Speech ID
1100128797
Paragraph
#2
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