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| 2004-02-06 |
| Via Bros. Judd: President Bush was expected to name Sen. John McCain, an Arizona Republican, to a bipartisan commission that will investigate flaws in U.S. intelligence used to justify the Iraq war, Republican sources said on Thursday... He would lend a streak of independence to a commission that Democrats doubted would be non-partisan since its nine members are being picked by Bush rather than by Congress. Republican sources said McCain was offered the post by the White House on Thursday and accepted. Aides said he would be in Germany attending a security conference on Friday, so he would not be in Washington for the announcement. Names that have been circulating as possible commission members included Robert Gates, a former CIA director under the president’s father; Nebraska Republican Rep. Doug Bereuter; and former Georgia Democratic Sen. Sam Nunn, among others. The White House was also drafting an executive order to set out the scope of the investigation. The administration was giving the panel a broad mandate to look beyond Iraq and at other intelligence matters like the nuclear programs of Libya, Iran and North Korea. FIRST!!!!!!!!!! |
| Posted by:Anonymous2U |
| #13 Or Sam Nunn for that matter... If Sam had hung on like his uncle they've ended up naming a carrier after him.... even so I bet he gets an attack sub one day. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-2-6 3:04:14 PM |
| #12 I have my doubts about McCain, but Zell would be an excellent choice, acceptable to both sides of the asile and an unquestioned patriot. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2004-2-6 2:51:37 PM |
| #11 US Senator Zell Miller, Democrat of Georgia, anyone? It works for me. |
| Posted by: GK 2004-2-6 1:34:39 PM |
| #10 McCain is a Democrat (probably one of the better ones). A good choice. The Democrats are pissed because they can't appoint Michael Moore/Moron or that Franklin liar. (Or NMM). |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-2-6 12:45:54 PM |
| #9 McCain is a bi-partison committee unto himself. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-2-6 10:38:12 AM |
| #8 You really are a silly bastard. |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2004-2-6 9:54:24 AM |
| #7 Dude, Sharpton is a Rev. Are you recommending an Inquisition? |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2004-2-6 9:44:32 AM |
| #6 McCain is a good choice as is Sam Nunn. Neither one will suffer fools kindly. |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-2-6 8:45:33 AM |
| #5 Note to the trucking department: Double the shipment of rocks to NMN, he crawled out toooo fast this time. dorf |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2004-2-6 7:27:45 AM |
| #4 Why don't the Democrats get to pick a partisan hack/ho like Kenneth Starr? Seems like fair play to me--I think Al Sharpton should chair the inquiry--he's the Dem equivalent of Kenneth Starr as an "unbiased" lawyer |
| Posted by: NotMike Moore 2004-2-6 3:47:19 AM |
| #3 I remember that vicious spoof on SNL when McCain was running for Prez. I hope he doesn't sit at the conference table with a blindfold on, yelling in vietnamese and shoveling food into his mouth. |
| Posted by: 4thInfVet 2004-2-6 2:18:52 AM |
| #2 This is good. I hope good is our payback. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-2-6 12:46:56 AM |
| #1 Sam Nunn would be an excellent choice. I hope he makes the final cut. |
| Posted by: Patrick Phillips 2004-2-6 12:39:20 AM |