Address humanitarian concerns connected to the Iraq War.

Our plan will: ... Address humanitarian concerns

The endorsed plan included a commitment to address humanitarian concerns related to Iraq.

A Responsible Plan to End the War in Iraq | Welcome
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Addressing humanitarian concerns: The humanitarian crisis caused by Iraq’s situation is destabilizing to the region and damaging to America’s moral credibility. We must both take responsibility for the Iraqis who are now endangered because of their assistance to the U.S. and begin to address the regional problems of displaced Iraqis.

Pingree committed to addressing the Iraq War humanitarian crisis, including Iraqis endangered by helping the United States and displaced Iraqis in the region.

responsible_plan.pdf
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The plan included objectives to address Iraqi economic reconstruction and regional humanitarian concerns, including refugee issues, war-crimes accountability, women’s education, veterans’ benefits, and contractor accountability.

Pingree was one of the 2008 House candidates associated with the Responsible Plan, which makes the campaign promise concrete and ties it to humanitarian and refugee-related Iraq War concerns.

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responsible_plan.pdf
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The article states Chellie Pingree joined other congressional candidates for the March 17, 2008 unveiling, and summarizes the plan as addressing refugee issues, foreign aid, war-crimes accountability, women’s education, veterans, and contracting.

This corroborates that Pingree publicly advanced the plan during the 2008 campaign, but it is secondary evidence used only because the archived source is difficult to fetch in full text.

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A Responsible Plan to End the War in Iraq
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Congress.gov summary: the bill would provide special immigrant status to certain Iraqis, direct protection or removal from Iraq for people in imminent danger, create a Special Coordinator for Iraqi Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons, increase Iraqi refugee admissions, and authorize Iraqi refugee-related assistance. Its status was Introduced.

One of the plan’s cited refugee bills directly addressed humanitarian concerns, but it did not become law and was introduced before Pingree entered Congress.

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H.R.2265 - Responsibility to Iraqi Refugees Act of 2007
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Congress.gov summary: the bill directed humanitarian assistance for Iraqi refugees and internally displaced persons, including food, shelter, water, sanitation, health care, education, and security. Latest action was referral to subcommittee; status was Introduced.

Another plan-cited humanitarian/refugee bill matched the promise, but it stalled in the 110th Congress before Pingree’s House term began.

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H.R.3674 - Iraqi Refugee and Internally Displaced Persons Humanitarian Assistance, Resettlement, and Security Act of 2007
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Congress.gov shows H.R.2346 became Public Law 111-32. The summary includes migration and refugee assistance, targeted development programs in conflict areas in Iraq, and reporting on the transition of U.S. military forces, equipment, and contractors out of Iraq.

During Pingree’s first term, Congress enacted some Iraq-related humanitarian, refugee, assistance, and transition provisions. This supports partial delivery of the policy area, though not necessarily through Pingree’s own affirmative vote.

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H.R.2346 - Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009
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The Clerk records Roll Call 348 on agreeing to the conference report for H.R.2346, Supplemental Appropriations, FY 2009, as passed 226-202. Pingree (ME), Democratic, Maine, voted Nay.

Pingree did not vote for the final enacted supplemental appropriations bill that included some Iraq humanitarian/refugee and transition provisions, limiting the claim that she personally delivered this part of the promise.

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Roll Call 348 | Bill Number: H.R. 2346
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Congress.gov summary includes provisions for mental health care for military children, cognitive rehabilitation therapy for service members and veterans with traumatic brain injury incurred in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom, urgent humanitarian assistance in Iraq and Afghanistan, Iraq contractor reporting, and reports on responsible redeployment from Iraq.

The FY2010 NDAA enacted several Iraq War-related humanitarian, veteran-care, redeployment, and accountability provisions during Pingree’s first term, supporting partial fulfillment of the broad promise.

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H.R.2647 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010
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