Interesting Hearings this morning in SFRC: Military Response

[TayTay]

Securing America’s Interests in Iraq:

The Remaining Options.

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Military and Security Strategy
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HEARING
before the

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION

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Thursday, January 18, 2007

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Time: 9:30 AM
Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building
Presiding: Senator Biden

Witnesses:
General Joseph P. Hoar, USMC (Ret.)
Former Commander-in-Chief, US Central Command
Del Mar, CA

General Barry McCaffrey, USA (Ret.)
President, BR McCaffrey Associates LLC
Adjunct Professor of International Affairs
United States Military Academy
Arlington, VA

Lt. General William E. Odom, USA (Ret.)
Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
Former Director of the National Security Agency
Washington, DC

Additional Witnesses May Be Added…

[TayTay]

1. SFRC Hearing to vote on anti-surge bill next Wed. (1/24)

Business Meeting
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HEARING
before the

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION

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Wednesday, January 24, 2007

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Time: 9:00 AM
Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building
Presiding: Senator Biden

The Committee Will Consider and Vote on the
Following Agenda Items:

S Con Res 2, A Resolution Expressing the Bipartisan
Resolution on Iraq.

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Curiouser and curiouser: this vote will happen the day AFTER the State of the Union Address, wherein Bush will plead for more war. This should be very, very interesting. Ahm, this type of debate is exactly why people worked so hard to elect Democrats. It is also exactly what Sen. KErry wanted to have happen, a serious discussion in the Congress about Iraq.

[TayTay]

2. The webast for this hearing is at:

http://foreign.senate.gov/index.html

This is going to get more and more interesting.

[whometense]

3. Thanks for the link, Tay.

Been crazy-busy at work this week, but I'm going to try to listen today. Miss a day, miss a lot...

[wisteria]

4. Thanks, but I can't listen, I am at work. But, I will try later tonight. n/t

[whometense]

5. Who's this talking now?

Odom?

Quote: "Al Quaeda not as much of an issue as we make them out to be."


hmmmm....

[TayTay]

6. It isn't.

Sen. Kerry has said this many, many times. Al Qaeda is Sunni. However, the tensions were there before any Al Qaeda insurgents came in.

Sen. Kerry said that less than 1% of the insurgency was foreign terrorists. The rest is Iraqis settling old scores.