Va. Senator Criticizes Iraq Spending

[cal04]

Virginia Sen. Jim Webb, set to deliver the Democratic rebuttal to Tuesday's State of the Union address, suggested Monday that the United States is spending too much on reconstruction in Iraq while ignoring the rebuilding of New Orleans.

Webb said his ''gut instinct'' tells him not to support more funding for Iraq without a full accounting of the money already spent there.

''If we're putting all this money into Iraq and ignoring New Orleans, then we're doing something wrong,'' he told reporters during a teleconference.

But Webb, a freshman senator, stopped short of calling for money earmarked for Iraq to be diverted to New Orleans, which, he said, has languished in the nearly 17 months since Hurricane Katrina.


http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-New-Orleans-Iraq.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

[wakeme2008]

1. Does anybody know what time Webb will speak

:hi:

[Leilani]

2. Right after Bush

We don't know what time, because his speech may be interrupted by continual applause.

:evilgrin:

[polmaven]

3. ...Or.....

Continual wretching? :puke:

[mopinko]

4. that's it?

rough tough jim webb says don't spend so much money? sigh.