Sen. Clinton wants retired generals for Iraq hearings

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/25/rumsfeld/

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. Hillary Clinton wants administration officials and retired generals -- including those who recently urged Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to resign -- to testify before Congress about the handling of the Iraq war.

The chairman of the Armed Services Committee, Republican Sen. John Warner of Virginia, reacted coolly Tuesday to Clinton's request and said he will make a decision on the request soon.

Clinton, a New York Democrat, asked Warner in a letter Friday to call for the hearing. She also requested that other retired generals and administration officials who support Rumsfeld testify about war planning, execution and "lessons learned."

Warner responded Tuesday by saying such a hearing "would require considerable preparation, a large number of witnesses in order for members to receive a balance of viewpoints, and at least one full day -- morning and afternoon -- to provide the witnesses a full and fair opportunity to express their views."

[niyad]

1. and this would be a problem because?????

[Ksec]

2. Good idea

and its way overdue.

[TomInTib]

3. Warner rides again, the bastard..

one of these days I am going to post my John Warner story here.

I almost made him cry once.

Hell, I almost shot the bastard.

[savemefromdumbya]

4. Warner go ahead and hold the meeting with the retired generals!

[valerief]

5. Sounds like Warner thinks the hearings should have more prep

than the invasion and continued occupation got.

[rodeodance]

6. Sessions honored Rummy at at breakfast.

To show his support for the embattled defense chief, Sessions on Tuesday held a Capitol Hill breakfast for Rumsfeld with about 15 Republican members of the Senate.

The senators included Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee and members of the Armed Services Committee.

Rumsfeld used the occasion to push for quick approval of billions of dollars in supplemental war funding. He expressed concern that it will get bogged down in a fight over non-emergency spending included in the bill.

The White House vowed Tuesday to veto the bill, which would fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and help repair Hurricane Katrina damage, unless the cost is scaled back from $106.5 billion to no more than $92.2 billion, The Associated Press reported.

[Ecumenist]

7. Heck, I'd volunteer to carry the Generals on my back

if that's what it took to get them into those hearings.

[FrenchieCat]

8. And that's why we need to win congress back......

so that Dems don't have to ask for Shit......We'll just do what's required.

They sure in the fuck don't want a line up of General who have just sworn on the bible talking about how this war's been run....that's for sure!

[DanCa]

9. Uhm Clark is a retired General.

Who was against the war from the beginning. Michael Moore endorsed him. I am just saying :D

[FrenchieCat]

10. Well....the Pubs will NEVER ask him to come back

cause that's would be them getting too much of the "I told you so"....without the good General even uttering a word!

[oasis]

11. Zero oversight by this GOP controlled congress. Kick the bums out.

:kick: