14. The State Department is too small, too undercapitalized and too untrained for the demands of the 21st century. There should be a 50% increase in the State Department budget and a profound rethinking of the culture and systems of the State Department so it can be an operationally effective system. Newt must be joking. If the State Dept weren't actually Constitutionally mandated I'd be calling for its outright elimination. Giving more money and power to those clowns would be disastrous.
The President should ask the bipartisan leaders of Congress to cooperate in establishing a joint Legislative-Executive working group on winning the war...
And I'm sure Hillary, Ried, and Pelosi will get right back to you on that one.
Would February 2009 be alright?
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Yeah, it's ironic that we kicked out the Republican majority leaving the damned democrats in control. Maybe we should work on that.
I'm not all that happy about increasing federal departments either. I suppose I will object to that.