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MariaS Donating Member (545 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-04 07:55 PM
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Democrats Shut Out Of Iraq Briefing!
This letter appeared in today's Minneapolis Star-Tribune.

Last week Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives were given a closed-door briefing by Condoleezza Rice, President Bush's national security adviser, about the Iraq war, the extension of duty for U.S. troops and the June 30 handover of Iraqi sovereignty. Democrats in Congress were not invited and not allowed to participate.

Together, Reps. Martin Sabo, James Oberstar, Collin Peterson and I represent almost 2.5 million Minnesotans, including U.S. troops, reservists and National Guardsmen and women serving in Iraq, as well as their families here at home. Our nation is at war, yet our Republican colleagues are privileged to national security briefings while Democrats are shut out. It appears the Bush administration and the Republicans in Congress don't want to inform us about the situation in Iraq.

Our troops and their families have my support, but my constituents and I deserve to know if President Bush has a plan for a war that is costing hundreds of American lives, thousands of Iraqi lives and $4.7 billion per month. Minnesotans should expect their members of Congress, whether Democrat or Republican, to be given equal, not separate and unequal, access to briefings on this vital national security issue.

Rep. Betty McCollum,

Washington, D.C."

http://www.startribune.com/stories/563/4743973.html

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orwell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-04 07:58 PM
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1. War of Lies
What the F*ck?
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mohinoaklawnillinois Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-04 08:02 PM
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2. Stupid question, I know but....
WHY ISN'T THE PRESS ALL OVER THIS ONE. Good Lord, who do the Repukes think they are. This is absolutely scandalous.
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skooooo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-04 08:03 PM
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3. Taxation without representation...


...is what it sounds like to me.
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Nite Owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-04 08:10 PM
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5. Exactly
Anyone for a Boston 'Tea' Party in July?
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jimshoes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-04 08:04 PM
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4. "An outrage here, an outrage there
pretty soon you're gonna have a fuckin revolution on your hands" Quote from an old guy.
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Hornito Donating Member (460 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-04 08:30 PM
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6. December 2000. That's when our democracy was murdered in
cold blood. Our dictatorship no longer even pretends to participate in this charade of a democracy.
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