Editing Ron Wyden (section)

====Iraq====
Wyden was one of 23 senators to vote against the [[Iraq Resolution|authorization of military force in Iraq]] in 2002. In 2003, he voted to bar excessive overseas deployments of members of the [[National Guard of the United States|National Guard]] and [[Reserve components of the United States armed forces|Reserves]]. In 2006, Wyden was one of 13 senators to vote to require the redeployment of U.S. forces from Iraq by July 2007, and one of 39 senators to vote to call on President [[George W. Bush]] to begin [[Withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq (2007–2011)|withdrawing forces from Iraq]] and establish a timeline for withdrawal. Wyden also voted many other times for withdrawal of combat forces from Iraq, against funding for the war without binding timelines, and against the establishment of permanent military bases in Iraq. He also opposed President [[Barack Obama]]'s plan for a "troop surge" in [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|Afghanistan in 2009]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wyden.senate.gov/issues/issue/?id=834d8639-a109-423b-8a78-54d227288a76|title=Iraq|website=wyden.senate.gov|publisher=Office of Senator Ron Wyden|access-date=November 16, 2017|archive-date=March 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312230936/http://wyden.senate.gov/issues/issue/?id=834d8639-a109-423b-8a78-54d227288a76|url-status=dead}}.</ref><ref>"[https://archive.today/20120903165741/http://www.nationaljournal.com/almanac/person/ron-wyden-or/ Sen. Ron Wyden (D)]." ''National Journal Almanac''.</ref>