Rice Fields Questions About Iraq Campaign

[UpInArms]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4008556,00.html

WASHINGTON (AP) - National security adviser Condoleezza Rice made a rare visit to Capitol Hill on Thursday, answering ``question after question after question'' about the troubled Iraq campaign, one lawmaker said of the closed-door session.

Rice fielded questions from Republicans for more than an hour and was to meet later in the day with Democrats. Her visit came on the last of a three-day series of sometimes contentious congressional hearings, where there was bipartisan worry over whether the administration has a strategy for success in increasingly violent Iraq.

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The war is costing about $4.7 billion a month, officials said. Defense officials are studying their budget, which runs through Sept. 30, to determine whether some money can be moved from purchase programs or other Pentagon accounts, Myers said.

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White House officials have already said they would propose a separate bill after this fall's elections - costing up to $50 billion - to pay for the wars.

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[Caution]

1. Gonna be tough

for them to propose a new bill after the elections when they are sitting at home wondering what the hell happened to Bush's "mandate"

[stellanoir]

2. fortunately due to all the onerous war profiteering

and blatant corruption. . .they'll go broke long before that. . .

I hope upon hope.

[LittleApple81]

3. So repugs got their talking points and marching orders. Democrats

will just get Bushit.

[54anickel]

4. How's about taking the money from that missle defense fund? Oh yeah,

I forgot, Chimpy's running on that as one of his "accomplishments". :puke:

[bluedog]

5. pentagon money

didn't they loose billions of dollars? Where is it?