Congress to Open Hearings on Iraq Policy

[leftchick]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040420/ap_on_go_co/congress_iraq&cid=512&ncid=716

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With the rising death toll and increasing fear that the United States lacks an effective plan for success in Iraq, lawmakers Tuesday start a series of hearings in which some hope to talk about how America got into the dangerous predicament and how it will get out.

It was unclear Monday night how many administration officials will show up at the hearings.

At hearings Tuesday and Wednesday, the Senate and House armed services committees are to hear about current Iraq operations from Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Richard Myers and State Department Undersecretary Marc Grossman.

As of Monday, the Pentagon (news - web sites) had not agreed to attend another hearing Thursday on how it intends to transfer political power June 30 to an as-yet unnamed Iraqi government. The hearing was to be the last of a three-day series before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. As of Monday, only former officials, an array of think tank witnesses and Grossman had agreed to attend.

[G_j]

1. first I'd heard of this

:shrug:

[maddezmom]

2. watch on CSPAN

DEFENSE POLICY
Sen. Hearing on Iraq & Afghanistan
Deputy Defense Sec. Paul Wolfowitz (left) and Gen. Richard Myers testify before the Senate Armed Service Cmte. on U.S. operations in Iraq & Afghanistan.
TUESDAY ON C-SPAN AT 9:30AM ET

[callous taoboy]

3. Little Georgie

needs to be taken out to the wood shed.

[leftchick]

4. photo that is with the story....

:puke:

[NJmaverick]

5. You need a hearing...

To find out how we ended up in the mess in Iraq?!?!? Has ANYONE been listening??? The WHOLE MESS is bush's FAULT

"lawmakers Tuesday start a series of hearings in which some hope to talk about how America got into the dangerous predicament"

[Magleetis]

6. More dog and pony show

our government just like most of this country is composed of BULLSHIT. The Disney government. Dumb all over!

[maddezmom]

7. Bush Plans Foreign Peacekeeping Forces Fund

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=4870650

Bet this topic comes up....

[JohnOneillsMemory]

8. Yikes. Funds to train occupiers for future US actions. Local mercenaries!

>snip<
The expected five-year, $660 million plan, first reported by The Washington Post, could help relieve some of the pressure on American forces stretched thin by deployments in Iraq, Afghanistan, Haiti and elsewhere.

The money will be used for training, equipment and logistical support to help ready countries for peacekeeping missions on short notice, chiefly in their own regions.

"They have a greater familiarity with the people in their regions and can be deployed in a more rapid manner," an administration official said.

[riverwalker]

9. C-Span now

Kennedy v.s. Wolfowitz

[Lorien]

10. Is this true?

My dad said last night that he saw a * press conference (maybe the last one) where * was asked "just who, exactly will we be transferring power to on June 30"? and bush* answered "We'll just have to wait and see". :wtf: