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How soon we forget, when we practice the art of selective memory and exploit the war and our troops in battle for political gain. On October 11, 2002, one year and one month to the day after September 11, 2001, the U.S. Senate voted on whether or not to authorize use of military force to affect the official U.S. policy regarding Iraq. (snip) In 2002, 77 Senators voted to authorize use of force to depose the Hussein regime in Iraq and liberate the Iraqi people. They did so believing that the Hussein regime was continuing to develop and pursue bio,...

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: I got a fax from Duncan Hunter here, Republican presidential candidate and ranking Republican on the Armed Services Committee in the US House. "Dear Rush: The Iraq funding bill that the Democrats passed last night includes one of the most devastating provisions ever passed during a military conflict. Page four of the bill states this: 'None of the funds may be used to deploy any unit to Iraq unless the president has certified in writing to the committees on appropriations and Armed Services at least 15 days in advance of the deployment that the unit is fully...

VFW Statement On Iraq Supplemental Funding Bill Statement by George Lisicki Senior Vice Commander, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Las Vegas, Nevada April 3, 2007 VFW Statement As we all know, President Bush has vowed to veto the war supplemental legislation that Congress recently voted to pass. Both the House and the Senate funding packages were loaded with extraneous spending not related to the war on terror. The funding packages also contained artificial troop withdrawal deadlines that would ultimately break the morale of our troops in the field and directly jeopardize their safety. Speaking on behalf of...

WASHINGTON, March 16, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Apparently the Democrats consider an emergency war funding bill to be an appropriate place to include funding for so-called "emergency contraception" for Planned Parenthood. On Thursday, the Appropriations Committee in the House of Representatives was scheduled to take up a $124.1 billion Supplemental Appropriations bill to fund the war in Iraq. Into this emergency bill Democrats have buried a provision in the bill on page 155 which specifically mentions Planned Parenthood. The bill includes technical corrections to the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) regarding Medicaid. "These corrections: … clarify current law that planned parenthood clinics...

"John Kerry has once again shown himself to be foragainst funding for our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. After saying he would support the President's $25 billion funding proposal, Kerry skipped yesterday's vote on the bill. Only John Kerry could give a speech on modernizing and equipping our military the day after he didn't show up to vote to send money to the troops engaged in essential operations." -Steve Schmidt, Bush-Cheney '04 Spokesman Kerry Says He Will Support $25 Billion Iraq Supplemental, But Skips Vote In May, Kerry Said He Would Support $25 Billion In Emergency Funds For Our...

KERRY’S PATTERN OF FUNDING DECEPTIONPledged To Support Funding For Our Troops, But Didn’t.  He Says He Will This Time.  But Will He?______________________________________________________PROMISED HE’D VOTE FOR $87 BILLION FOR TROOPS … Kerry Said He Would Vote For “Whatever … It Takes To Win.”  NBC’S TIM RUSSERT: “Do you believe that we should reduce funding that we are now providing for the operation in Iraq?”  SEN. JOHN KERRY: “No. I think we should increase it.”  RUSSERT: “Increase funding?”  KERRY: “Yes.”  RUSSERT: “By how much?”  KERRY: “By whatever number of billions of dollars it takes to win. It is critical that the United...