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Politics > Politics-USA |
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"Harry Hope" |
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09 Mar 2006 05:42:51 PM |
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Rice, Rumsfeld defend massive destruction of taxpayer dollars |
From Reuters, 3/9/06:
http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=11480303&src=rss/topNews
Rice, Rumsfeld defend massive spending for Iraq
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
President George W. Bush's defense and foreign policy chiefs defended
massive U.S. spending in Iraq on Thursday to lawmakers wanting to know
when U.S. troops can come home and how much the war will cost.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice kicked off testimony to the Senate
Appropriations Committee and was briefly interrupted by a protester
who shouted "blood is on your hands" and "how many of you have
children going to war?" before he was led out.
Another protester then interrupted, saying, "Fire Rumsfeld. Fire
Rumsfeld. This is an illegal and immoral war," referring to Defense
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who was sitting alongside Rice.
The White House is asking Congress for $70 billion in new emergency
funds for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and will seek an additional
$50 billion for those wars early in fiscal 2007.
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These crooks are giving the dough away to their contractor buddies.
Where'd ya think it was goin'?
Harry
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| User: "Chuck Feney" |
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| Title: Re: Rice, Rumsfeld defend massive destruction of taxpayer dollars |
09 Mar 2006 06:37:50 PM |
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Harry Hope <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
From Reuters, 3/9/06:
http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=11480303&src=rss/topNews
Rice, Rumsfeld defend massive spending for Iraq
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
President George W. Bush's defense and foreign policy chiefs defended
massive U.S. spending in Iraq on Thursday to lawmakers wanting to know
when U.S. troops can come home and how much the war will cost.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice kicked off testimony to the Senate
Appropriations Committee and was briefly interrupted by a protester
who shouted "blood is on your hands" and "how many of you have
children going to war?" before he was led out.
Another protester then interrupted, saying, "Fire Rumsfeld. Fire
Rumsfeld. This is an illegal and immoral war," referring to Defense
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who was sitting alongside Rice.
The White House is asking Congress for $70 billion in new emergency
funds for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and will seek an additional
$50 billion for those wars early in fiscal 2007.
Total (that is public, anyway) is approaching a half-trillion dollars.
Nice of the Chinese to bankroll it, but who's going to pay back the
loans?
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