Waxman Demands Condi Rice Finally Answer Questions over Iraq Lies: 11 Ignored Letters over 4 Years

[babylonsister]

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Rep. Waxman Demands Condi Rice Finally Answer Questions over Iraq Lies: 11 Ignored Letters over 4 Years

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There's a reason why we call Rep. Henry Waxman the "bulldog." Today Waxman wrote a letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice demanding responses to some 11 inquires he has sent her since 2003 that have gone unanswered.

Why is Waxman renewing his questions now? The only five letters Rice has responded to were co-signed by Republicans when they controlled Congress, consistent with the Bush Administration's apparent policy of ignoring minority party requests, Waxman said. He is now renewing his requests as chairman of the House Oversight Committee in hopes that the election mandate last November will change her mind.

Most of Waxman's unresolved questions surround the fabricated claim in Bush's 2003 State of the Union address that Iraq sought uranium from Niger. Rice is on the record saying, "no one in our circles knew that there were doubts and suspicions that this might be a forgery." Such claims, along with many from President Bush, have themselves proven to be fabricated. We now know the CIA sent a memo directly to the White House Situation Room months in advance warning them that the information was bogus.

Again and again, Waxman demanded answers and accountability but was repeatedly ignored. "As a result of your failure to respond, the Committee still does not know what you knew . . . and when you knew it," Waxman wrote to Rice today.

Rice's snubs have extended well beyond the Niger fabrication. Waxman is also demanding that she finally answer his unresolved questions on such topics as the White House's treatment of classified information, the appointment of an official who was under investigation, and needle exchange programs to battle blood-borne diseases like HIV/AIDS.

"Each of these letters was sent after careful thought and consideration, and they deserve a response," Waxman wrote. "The long delay in responding makes it even more important that you provide the (Reform and Oversight) Committee a complete response to these legitimate and important inquiries."

Waxman did not directly threaten a subpoena, but now that House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers has opened the investigatory floodgates we certainly won't rule it out. Better yet, let's boot her out of Washington altogether along with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who is under more fire than ever for his blatant political corruption and skullduggery.

Go here to read letter and previous inquiries:
http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=1208

[saltpoint]

1. Waxman is Condiliar's worst nightmare, and it's a good thing he's

on the job.

You go, Henry. It's time the Russia expert answered a few questions.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

6. how's his life insurance? up to date?

a cabal that will send 3200 boys and girls to their deaths, and injure 30,000; a cabal that will kill and torture a million iraqis and displace another million; a cabal that tried to cut funding for VAs in every budget, that privatized (over Army objections) Wally Reed; that screwed working social services by forcing them into feith based initiatives?

You think they would blink twice at offing someone if they could do it without being caught?

[saltpoint]

7. Not seein' it.

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. "Each of these letters was sent after careful thought and ...

consideration"...come on, Henry! There's your problem. You can expect careful though and consideration returned from a brain dead zombie! Too many shoes to buy, too many pianos to play...

[SpiralHawk]

3. Eat it Condi

You poisoned the plate with partisan pettiness. Now you are going to have to EAT IT.

The American Public deeply mistrusts you, Ms. Rice, and for good reason.

Your lies to cover up the crapola of the corrupt republicon cronies are lame and obvious.

America hates liars.

[LSparkle]

5. LOL over your first line!

Eat it, indeed!!!!

She's a cold-hearted snake, look into her eyes ... uh-oh, she's been telling lies.

[H2O Man]

4. It's a nice letter.

I read it earlier today, and enjoyed it very much.

[Parche]

8. Rice-A-Roni

Do we all hear...............SUBPENIS.......SUBPENIS.........SUBPENIS........SUBPENIS :rofl:

Get her Henry, have her appear before the committee and get her at all of the lies she has
said during the last 6years.........

[MadMaddie]

9. Condi doesn't realize she is going down like Libby and all of the

Generals...bye, bye, bye....Hope you are ready to get kicked under the bus.