Posted on 09/15/2011 8:58:30 AM PDT by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
The Pentagon has worried for months that a project backed by a prominent Democratic donor might interfere with military GPS. Now Congress wants to know if the White House pressured a general to change his testimony.
The four-star Air Force general who oversees U.S. Space Command walked into a highly secured room on Capitol Hill a week ago to give a classified briefing to lawmakers and staff, and dropped a surprise. Pressed by members, Gen. William Shelton said the White House tried to pressure him to change his testimony to make it more favorable to a company tied to a large Democratic donor.
The episode—confirmed by The Daily Beast in interviews with administration officials and the chairman of a congressional oversight committee—is the latest in a string of incidents that have given Republicans sudden fodder for questions about whether the Obama administration is politically interfering in routine government matters that affect donors or fundraisers. Already, the FBI and a House committee are investigating a federal loan guarantee to a now failed solar firm called Solyndra that is tied to a large Obama fundraiser.
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Impeachment is far to good for this POS. He should put a gun to his head and just end it. Save the tax payers money. Or better yet, BO, his administarttion and the liberals in congress take a vacation in Jonestown, PA.
Take that Gardasil issue and shove it, everyone! This is orders of magnitude worse.
Lou Dobbs just gave a LOT of time on his show to this story, even had a panel discussing it. They all were condemning the White Hut’s complicity.
This story apparently has legs.
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