Dem Advocates For Termination of Iraq Police Development Programs

House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.) advocates pulling the plug on the $900 billion Iraq Police Development Program now before the US continues to waste more money in Iraq. (0:28)

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House Dem: U.S. Interest In Iraq Will Evaporate Next Month

Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.) says that US interest in Iraq will drop like a tree in an empty forest when troops withdraw next month. (00:22)

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Dem Doubts U.S. Presence In Iraq Will Really End

Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.) states at a House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing on Monday that we should stop funding restoration programs in Iraq if there is no substantial end in sight. (00:09)

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Dem Sings About The Ongoing U.S. Presence In Iraq

House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.) sings “We’re Here Because We’re Here, Because We’re Here…” at a hearing on Wednesday to symbolize the ongoing U.S. presence in Iraq. (00:24)

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Dem Compares Withdrawal From Iraq To "Jewish Goodbye"

While discussing Iraq’s Police Development Program (PDP) at the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday, Ranking Member Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.) compared the US withdrawal from Iraq to a Jewish Goodbye, which Ackerman says never ends. (00:10)

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Sen. Ackerman: Engagement With Iran Overdue, But It Won't Work

Sen. Gary Ackerman (D-NY) said Wednesday that any political leader he has spoken with on the topic of Iran has said that they would support the US engagement with Iran. However, when he asked them if they thought that an engagement would work, they all said, "absolutely not." (0:30)
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Congressman Delahunt says if we don't treat refugees with respect it creates a breeding ground for terrorists

At the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on "Neglected Responsibilities: The U.S. Response to the Iraqi Refugee Crisis," Congressman William Delahunt (D-MA) says that we cannot allow a breeding ground for terrorism to fester in the Middle East, and he says he suggests the vast numbers of refugees will produce terrorist of the future unless they are treated with respect and dignity. (:27)
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Congressman Ackerman says we have not seized the moment to rehabilitate our image in the Middle East

At the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on "Neglected Responsibilities: The U.S. Response to the Iraqi Refugee Crisis," Chairman Gary L. Ackerman, (D-NY) says that at the hearing last year, a witness said that the U.S. response to the refugee crisis could be the first step to rehabilitating our image in the Middle East and globally, but a year later, we have yet to seize that moment. (:23)
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