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| Reid-Pelosi: Lose The War Or We'll Shut Down The Pentagon |
| 2007-11-15 |
| Democratic leaders in Congress said Thursday that if lawmakers are unable to pass a war spending bill that sets a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq, they'll probably drop it until next year, prompting a threat of military layoffs from the Pentagon. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the Pentagon can tap into its $471 billion annual budget instead. However, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that unless Congress passes funding for the Iraq war within days, he will direct the Army and Marine Corp. to begin developing plans to lay off employees and terminate contracts early next year. "There is a misperception that this department can continue funding our troops in the field for an indefinite period of time through accounting maneuvers, that we can shuffle money around the department. This is a serious misconception," Gates told reporters at the Pentagon. He only has the flexibility to transfer about $3.7 billion -- which is just one week's worth of war expenses, he said. The House passed a $50 billion bill Wednesday that would pay for the wars but require that troops start to leave Iraq in 30 days. It sets a goal of ending combat by December 2008, as well as standards that would make waterboarding illegal. The White House said that it is already on track to meet the requirement that troops start coming home because the surge is winding down. And President George W. Bush promised to veto the bill if it arrives with a withdrawal provision. A Senate vote on the bill is expected before Sunday... |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #9 Tsk, tsk. What will Hillary say? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2007-11-15 23:12 |
| #8 Nancy and Harry, FUCK YOU! |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2007-11-15 22:45 |
| #7 No different then the Olympia traitors putting cement on the tracks.... |
| Posted by: 3dc 2007-11-15 22:18 |
| #6 Can these traitorous bastards make their treason any more clear? |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-11-15 22:13 |
| #5 ION, GOOGLE VIDEO > US Education System promotes + protects ANTI-MINORITY "CASTE SYSTEM"; + REDDIT > Approxi 40% of all US Blacks born in the 1960's to middle-class parents-families now living in abject poverty. TOPIX > INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY - GEOPOLITICS: A NUCLEAR CHAVEZ? Hugo = Iran/Moud = wants a "peaceful" nucenergy program; + AMERICA IN 2008:THE NEXT REALIGNMENT? Shift in CORE NATIONAL BELIEFS??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-11-15 22:09 |
| #4 TOPIX > COMMENTARY MAGAZINE -THE CASE FOR BOMBING IRAN. Author - 9-11 plunged USA + World into another World War, wid Iraq, Afghanistan, and now potens IRAN being "war fronts"/sectors in WWIV. Compare wid RIAN > THE THIRD WORLD WAR - WHERE DOES IRAN FIT? + ASYMMETRICAL ISKANDER MISSLE WARFARE; + KOMMERSANT > USA PUSHES RUSSIA, IRAN TOWARDS NEW GAS CARTEL. Larger, more World influential than OPEC, etc. ASIANEWS/TOPIX/ WORLDNEWS > ASIA WORLD:IS POWER OF EMPIRE SHIFTING TO ASIA? Asia-centric/domin Global Order is closer than you think. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-11-15 21:56 |
| #3 If they do try to push it through and have this be little more than political poking, they will lose the election. Big time. Nothing pisses the American public off more than people snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2007-11-15 21:39 |
| #2 cutting off funds for the troops in a time of war? Bring it on, beetches Look for the Republican ads to use this vote, starting ASAP, the "conservative" democrats won't back Pelosi/Reid, and it's not strong enuf to satisfy the nutroots. Lose-lose, 0-41, and even closer to bringing back a Rep congressional majority, in the house, if not the senate too. Somewhere, Karl Rove is smiling |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-11-15 20:55 |
| #1 begin developing plans to lay off employees and terminate contracts early next year Preferably in Reid and Pelosi's districts. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2007-11-15 20:48 |