Mayors Call For A Swift End To The War So The Money Can Be Used For Needs At Home
The resolution that the Conference of Mayors on Monday passed the United States asking President Obama and Congress to "hasten the end" of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan was not as strong as it happened there 40, calling on President Richard M. Nixon to withdraw all U.S. troops Vietnam in six months.
And the resolution after it was amended to give the mayors and the Obama administration some leeway. The amended version states that "the use of troops must be measured so that destabilize the region," hardly a radical mood in Washington.
The original resolution called upon to put money to "meet vital human needs", but the final version said it should also be used "to reduce the federal debt."
But however it is a remarkable sign of the nation and the weariness of the war spreading persistent pain that the economic downturn has shaped the nation's cities. Mayors across the country voted Monday to approve a resolution asking the federal government to hasten the end of the war and "bring the dollars from war to vital human needs, promoting job creation, rebuilding our infrastructure, with municipal and state governments, and develop a new economy based on renewable energy, sustainable and reduce the federal debt. "As the resolution was discussed at the 79th Annual Conference in Baltimore, some mayors have expressed reservations about the lesson President and Congress on foreign policy, while others that could send a discouraging message to U.S. troops.
That the resolution was changed to demand the withdrawal accelerated further "measured", and note that increasing the distance of the city leaders to "support the brave men and women and their families."
The resolution was backed by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa of Los Angeles, who became president of the Conference at the meeting.
