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  • Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah): Bring home Afghan troops

    11/30/2009 6:50:35 AM PST · by MaestroLC · 113 replies · 2,896+ views
    Politico ^ | November 29, 2009 | By DANIEL LIBIT
    Saying it’s time for Republicans to do more than “take pot shots at ACORN,” freshman Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz will call on President Barack Obama on Monday to bring U.S. troops home from Afghanistan. Chaffetz’s push for a troop withdrawal — to be unveiled in a speech at the Hinckley Institute of Politics in Salt Lake City — runs counter to the position of House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio and other leading Republicans in Congress. But it also reflects the divisions within the conference about the question of Afghanistan. Chaffetz told POLITICO the issue “has been probably the...