Posted on 05/16/2008 1:10:05 PM PDT by SmithL
WASHINGTON, (AP) -- An anti-war Democratic congressman is demanding to know why there were uniformed Defense Department personnel watching House proceedings from a public gallery Thursday, who they were and what they were doing.
"If they were here on official duty, this was an abhorrent misallocation of our military resources at a time of war," Northern California Rep. Pete Stark asserted Friday in a letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
Stark, an 18-term incumbent known for his liberal positions and outbursts of temper, said he observed the contingent of 20 or so officers, apparently Army generals, in the gallery for a couple of hours while the House debated and voted on an Iraq war spending bill.
"At a time when our nation is at war, our troops are overextended, and the administration is literally asking for emergency military spending, what good to the 'war on terror' is having U.S. generals and other top-ranked officers — who were likely accompanied by staff and escorted by their chauffeurs — spending hours sitting in the gallery of the House of Representatives?" Stark asked.
The query drew a stinging response from a Pentagon spokesman.
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Ooooh! Get the big, bad Army mens away from me! I’m skeered!
Ey, Petey - STFU! What a dweeb!
Colonel, USAFR
He should tell him where to shove that "accounting" up as fast and in front of as many cameras as could be found.
Little pissant girlyman...
Arresting the Democratic congressmen for sedition would have been a nice touch.
Hey Petey, the Preakness is tomorrow, if ya’ know what I mean.
Making him nervous, hmmmm?
What part of the concept “public gallery” does he fail to understand?
Lunatic on the loose!
Hey Stark, why don’t you come out here to Eastern PA and lose your temper with me? You douche bag!!
Fortney should have teamed up with his pal, Fat Jack Murtha, went up there to the “public” gallery and opened a can of good ol’DemocRAT whoopass on those military meanies. DemocRATS do have cans of whoopass don’t they?
what a lugnut
You’re dating yourself, but it is a good book.
It may come as a suprise to Rep. Stark and many other Democrats....but members of the military are still citizens and may exercise their rights to participate in the political process....including voting!
Stark is gay, right?
So he does not think Army generals would be interested in the proceedings? or should be interested?
"At a time when our nation is at war, our troops are overextended, and the administration is literally asking for emergency military spending, what good to the 'war on terror' is having U.S. generals and other top-ranked officers — who were likely accompanied by staff and escorted by their chauffeurs — spending hours sitting in the gallery of the House of Representatives?" Stark asked. Is this fool freely admitting that the work of congress is worthless?
In 1963, he founded Security National Bank in Walnut Creek. The bank grew from a small storefront operation to a $100 million financial institution with branches in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. Stark sold his interest in the bank after his election to Congress.
Before his business career, Stark served in the U.S. Air Force. His other civic activities have included: Director, Common Cause; Chairman, Board of Trustees, Starr King School of Ministry; Board Member, Housing Development Corporation; Board Member, Council for Civic Unity, and many others.
Stark has four daughters, three sons, and eight grandchildren."
I can't believe someone with his background could turn out to be such a lame excuse for both logic and patriotism...
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