notice it is only the Dems again with these hearings?

[rodeodance]

I read about this a while ago--nothing comes of these hearings--they get a little press then fade of the radar screen.
And no one seems to care that the Rupugs do not show up.
I see the WH had there mouthhorns out there giving excuses!!



......The White House had no comment on Monday, but a Pentagon spokesperson told the LA Times that the occupation authority tried its best to run on the level. "The CPA was operating under extraordinary conditions from its inception to mission completement," Army Lt. Col. Joseph Yoswa said. "Throughout, the CPA strived earnestly for sound management, transparency and oversight.".......



> Iraq Occupation Ran On Policy of Corruption, Witnesses Say
> by Brian Dominick (bio)

February 16, 2005 NewStandard
http://earthhopenetwork.net/Iraq_Occupation_Ran_On_Policy_of_Corruption.htm

> Prompted by an absence of standard oversight, congressional Democrats heard testimony Monday about policies of massive waste and mismanagement involving a mercenary firm and a US-funded propaganda TV network.
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> Feb 15, 2005 - Witnesses testifying at a special Congressional hearing yesterday told Democratic lawmakers about severe and rampant mishandling of American and Iraqi funds managed by the former US-run occupation government, as well as censorship and manipulation of Iraqi media in the service of pro-American propaganda.
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> One former senior advisor to the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), the organization established to administer the US occupation of Iraq during the first year following the March 2003 invasion, testified that massive amounts of freshly minted American cash were distributed regularly to Iraqi ministries and American companies.
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> On at least one known occasion, cash was handed to a private US mercenary firm, ostensibly to be spent on its operations in Iraq, though the cash was not properly accounted for once it was paid. Former CPA employee Frank Willis said that company, Custer Battles, was handed $2 million in shrink-wrapped $100 bills in his presence, and he displayed a photograph taken just moments before the handing over to prove it......
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[necso]

1. "completement" -- odd word.

completement: Act of completing or perfecting; completion. (Obs.) --Dryden.

Did someone edit this statement (as it was being written) and replace the far more common "completion" with "completement". These words have the same meaning, but "completement" has a somewhat softer "sound" and for the less "wordy", might seem to suggest some goal other than actual completion.

It may seem a small thing, but it reveals a mindset (whether it was an original or was edited in) ... and not a good one -- every word a weapon, a shield -- or a smokescreen.