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  • Best of the Web..Gotcha or Maybe Not (Priceless exchange between Rumsfeld and CA Rep. Sanchez)

    02/18/2005 8:33:16 PM PST · by Democracy In Iraq · 53 replies · 2,847+ views
    ...Gotcha! (Or Maybe Not) Blogger Joe Fairbanks notes a hilarious exchange between Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D., Calif.) and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. As the latter testified Wednesday before the House Armed Services Committee, the former tried but failed to catch him in a misstatement of fact: Sanchez: Unfortunately, as I said, this committee has had a hard time assessing where we really stand with the Iraqi army as an effective fighting force. Over the past year, we've received incredibly widely fluctuating estimates of that. And I think you have a real credibility problem on this issue. Rumsfeld: Fluctuations of what?...