Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said the Senate can't sit back for the Obama administration to investigate the shootings at Ft. Hood, so he's pushing ahead with a Homeland Security Committee hearing to look into what went wrong before the massacre.
There's been some tension between members of Congress who want a thorough investigation into the Ft. Hood shootings, but the Obama administration has been hesitant about letting key government officials testify before congressional panels. Lieberman is holding a hearing Thursday on the issue.
"We want to know what the federal government knew and what it did concerning Maj. [Nidal Malik] Hasan and whether action should have been taken based on information available to federal employees," Lieberman said. "We also will investigate how this incident affects our understanding of and defenses against the threat posed by violent Islamic extremism and homegrown terrorism."
Both Lieberman and Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) met with FBI Director Robert Mueller and Army Secretary John McHugh to make sure that the Senate's investigation does not interfere with the criminal case against Hasan.
Though Lieberman said Mueller had "understandable concerns" about approaching witnesses who might be relevant to the criminal investigation, he assured Mueller that the Senate's interests lie more with government officials and breakdowns in communication leading up to the killings.
"We must confront a troubling question: was this was once again a failure to connect the dots? Were there inexcusable deaths and communications failures and failures to act on compelling evidence that might have allowed us to prevent the attack at Fort Hood?" Collins said.
Lieberman added he is scheduled to meet with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Attorney General Eric Holder Wednesday afternoon in preparation for Thursday's 10 a.m. hearing.
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#3 Obama administration has been hesitant about letting key government officials testify before congressional panels.
Concerned about the American people "jumping to conclusions?" In denial about referring to the events at Fort Hood as a TERRORIST attack? "Hesitant" about flipping over the rocks and uncovering Major Hassan's many contacts and connections are we? Attempting to keep all investigations under the control of the WH?
Anyone catch of whiff of that ACRID SMELL besides me?
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#4 A Lieberman/Palin ticket in 2012 would really be interesting.
just sayin'
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#5 Hope, at last. Hope of the real variety, that is
Posted by lex 2009-11-19 09:49||
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#6 You go Joe.....
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#7 #4 A Lieberman/Palin ticket in 2012 would really be interesting.
just sayin'
Posted by: BrerRabbit 2009-11-19 08:55
My thoughts exactly. Also, consider other pairings ... Palin/Condi Rice, Palin/Bachman, to name a few.
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#8 You guys are nuts. We just need some basic competence in the WH, for once. Enough already with the amateurish pseudo-leaders.
Ni Obama ni Palin
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#9 C'mon, lex. Gimme some hope. And don't say Condi either. Face it, nobody scares the donks like Palin and that's good enough for me.
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#10 Lieberman's fun when he's goring somebody else's ox, but he's a senator. No more senators.
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