Schumer and Kennedy are trying to get Condi to testify

[IronLionZion]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,115569,00.html

Two Democratic senators plan to attach to the welfare reauthorization bill being debated Tuesday an amendment that would require National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice (search) to testify publicly and under oath before the panel investing pre-Sept. 11, 2001, anti-terror efforts.


Sens. Charles Schumer of New York and Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts say the amendment to the bill will be a resolution urging Rice to tell the world what she knows.

"We have delegated to that distinguished group of commission members the continuation of the essential fact-finding process begun by our own intelligence committee," Kennedy said Monday on the floor of the Senate.

"The public and the Congress should not stand for anything less than full and prompt (cooperation). For a national tragedy of these proportions, the buck stops at the White House. Three thousand people died on our shores and on their watch and there should not be the slightest question that any White House staff member asked by the commission to testify under oath and in public must do so," Kennedy said.

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I hope this works. Kudos to these guys for doing this.

[IronLionZion]

1. kick

because I can :kick:

[grasswire]

2. did you see....

....Wexler on Crossfire?

He was clear and insistent. And he went beyond Condi to hold Bush responsible for the muddied message. He said Bush should go before the people, unmanaged, and tell the truth.

[seabeyond]

3. misstep i think

and i think it is better for her to not testify,. she isnt going to get any hardball questions just as tenet or powell or rumsfield didnt get. she isnt going to be called on contradictions or flat out lies. she is only looking bad not going out. for the two democrats to go after her like this i think will just bring sympathy, backfire

[H2O Man]

4. While I think Seabeyond has valid concerns,

I believe that the democrats have to have some folks go on the attack. I'm not sure if it will backfire; it is a risk, as even on d.u. there are a few folks that hold her to a lesser standard than the white men in the administration. But I think that the country is mature enough to be objective here. These two Senators can highlight the failure of the administration to be honest with the public.