Democrats demand accounting on terrorism funds

[True_Blue]

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Two senior Democrats demanded on Monday that the White House provide an accounting of how $40 billion in emergency antiterrorism funds was spent after the attacks of September 11, 2001.

The demand from Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia and Rep. David Obey of Wisconsin comes in the wake of a book by Bob Woodward, "Plan of Attack," that alleges the administration bypassed Congress and shifted some funds from the war on terror to prepare for war against Iraq in 2002.

"We have numerous concerns about the administration's stewardship of these funds," Byrd and Obey, the top Democrats on the Senate and House Appropriations committees, wrote in a letter to President Bush.

At issue is whether Byrd, Obey and other congressional offices were properly notified about how the money was spent.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/26/congress.iraq/index.html

[pfitz59]

1. Burn the War Profiteers!

String them up! Stone them! We want a new Truman Commission! We must cross the Rubicon!

[ConcernedCanuk]

2. Well - heck, they don't even realy have to check out that 40 billion

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The fact that they've spent over 110 Billion on Iraq should tell us all where King George's priorities lie.

Sheesh!

Not only that,

How many troops and tonnage of war machines are dedicated to Afghanistan as compared to Iraq?

Sheesh again!

BUT

If ya can nail the boy king on misappropriation of funds

GO FOR IT!

Edited to add quote:

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

President Dwight D. Eisenhower

April 16, 1953

http://costofwar.com/

[Seldona]

3. It is about time.

I am still baffled at just how much garbage this administration, and the Republican party have gotten away with over the last 4 years.

Outing of a CIA agent, attempted bribery on the floor of congress, lying about the war in Iraq, and now Woodward's latest bombshells.

And all this from people who less than 10 years before thought lying about a blow job deserved impeachment.

Hypocrite does not begin to delve to the depths these human waste receptacles have delved.

And for the most part the Democrats sit quietly.

:wtf:

[Disturbed]

4. For the most part

most Dems in Congress feed at the same corporate trough as the Repubs.

[AlecBGreen]

5. you got that right

time to sweep out the trash. In with the new, out with the old.

[Moderator]

6. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x511996