Posted on 12/16/2006 8:42:10 PM PST by pinkpanther111
Edited on 12/16/2006 9:48:19 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Incoming Democratic committee chairmen say they will hold a series of hearings and investigations early next year to build the case for their call for a phased withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and for possible action against defense contractors found to have wasted billions in federal funds.
The emerging plans to grill administration officials on the conduct of the war are part of a pledge for more aggressive congressional oversight on issues such as prewar intelligence, prisoner treatment at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay, and the government's use of warrantless wiretaps.
This is NOT their job or their call. They can fund or de-fund the war effort, period.
and for possible action against defense contractors found to have wasted billions in federal funds.
Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!!!
Why the American people sit back and let these charades continue, wasting millions/billions of dollars is beyond me.
Wow!!...didnt see that coming!!
(does this even need a sarc tag?)
The MSM calls the leftwing online community the "blogosphere" (Huffington Post, etc.). I wrote "blogoswamp" on a whim because it seemed more accurate.
"Moonbats" (usually spelled with only two o's) are sanity-deprived radical leftists such as Cindy Sheehan. A "barking moonbat" is a shade less sane than a plain "moonbat".
A Leftist, BTW, is shade more insane than a Liberal. Liberals typically believe in our system of democracy and want to "reform" it. Leftists want to tear everything to establish communism or anarchism or multiculturalism or whatever their kink of the moment may be.
GirlFRiend!!! You always turn up when I least expect you!
Looks like were in for a two year circus. The libs are so full of hate for President Bush they're going to spend all their time on gothca. Very sad.
Thanks for the ping, Red.
Yeah, I have jumped in and out all day today. Trying to dig through my pings now. ;*)
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Hiya, Justa. Hardly ever see you around lately but I know you're busy most of the time. Hope it wasn't quite so cold this week at WR, last week sounded like a real tooth chatterer, (is that a word). :-)
I can't believe these moonbat Dems, they're all nuts!
However, none of the worthless slugs are ready to solve any of society's pressing issues.
That is the kind of mentality that this crap appeals to, those who think this is all a Republican charade, that we created Al Qaeda, etc.
The difference is smacking the nation between the eyes...and some folks still don't get it.
This hardly constitutes "breaking news." We've known they were gonna do this since the morning of Nov 8.
Elections have consequences.
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In the new Congress there will be much Iraq-related activity, but the Democrats will present no master plan to remove America from the debacle. They will mount a flurry of hearings, scrutinize the war budget and introduce differing bills. Senators Carl Levin, Joseph Biden and Jay Rockefeller--incoming chairs, respectively, of the Armed Services, Foreign Relations and Intelligence committees--plan an array of hearings. Levin aims to examine the military strategy in Iraq. He might continue his quest to dig up information on the Pentagon cell, created by former Under Secretary Douglas Feith, that funneled misleading intelligence to the White House before the war. Biden, who has proposed turning Iraq into a federation of three autonomous regions, intends to examine alternate policies. Rockefeller is looking to complete the long-delayed Phase II inquiry of the Administration's use (or abuse) of prewar intelligence.
On the House side, Jack Murtha, who will take over the defense appropriations subcommittee, wants to probe misuse of reconstruction spending. Henry Waxman, next chair of the Government Reform Committee, will zero in on fraud, waste and abuse in military contracting. Tom Lantos, incoming chair of the International Relations Committee, also wants to probe the reconstruction failure. And Ike Skelton, in line to head Armed Services, has vowed to examine the strain the war has put on the military and the adequacy of assistance to the troops.
2000!
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