DHS: Senators wrongly took credit for money

breitbart ^ | 8/28/09 | EILEEN SULLIVAN and MATT APUZZO

[Nachum]

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration said Friday that two Democratic senators falsely took credit for steering millions of dollars to projects in their home state, even as officials acknowledged that the Homeland Security secretary met with the lawmakers and discussed financing the projects.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano denies politics played any role in distributing stimulus money. The Associated Press reported this week that her department did not follow its own priority list when selecting projects.

Montana Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester have taken credit for helping secure $77 million in stimulus money for repairs at border stations in their state. That includes $15 million for a Whitetail, Mont., checkpoint that sees three travelers a day.

[Nachum]

The list, ping

[La Lydia]

"Politicians take credit for things that go on in their state whether they deserve it or not," Homeland Security spokesman Sean Smith said Friday. "These guys are politicians. I don't think anyone should be surprised if they decided to jump in front of that and take some credit for that."

He is going to wish he hadn't said that.

[Candor7]

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano denies politics played any role in distributing stimulus money. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

This from a woman who signed off on a Homeland Security study / policy stating that returning soldiers and conservatives were "extremists?"

Pardon my cynicism.

[Iron Munro]

The first liar doesn't stand a chance in this gang.

[Zeppo]

"All Secretary Napolitano has to do to support her assertion that politics played no role in the awarding of stimulus funds is comply with our letter and disclose the criteria DHS used to determine who got what and why," Issa's spokesman, Kurt Bardella said.

So, is Napolitano going to falsify some documents or simply stonewall on this?