Murtha Says His Legislation Will Prevent Troop Surge

With Democrats jockeying to introduce legislation to limit the President’s troop surge this week, Rep. Jack Murtha (D-Pa.) said he has drafted legislation that does not allow the President to deploy troops without proper training and equipment and limits soldiers’ terms of duty to one year.

In brief video below, former Rep. Tom Andrews (D-Maine) last week asks Murtha how his plan will affect the President’s Iraq Policy. Murtha says his legislation would prevent the President’s planned troop surge. “They don’t have the equipment,” Murtha said, “They don’t have the training.”

“There is no question in my mind, we have analyzed this and we have come to the conclusion that it can’t be done,” he added.