White House kills Senate Iraq briefing

[kpete]

White House abruptly cancels classified Iraq 'progress' briefing with senators

John Byrne
Published: Wednesday June 7, 2006


President Bush has cancelled a classified briefing on the situation in Iraq, according to a letter from four Democratic senators obtained by RAW STORY.

US Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad had been set to brief Senators today. Democratic aides tell RAW STORY that the meeting, set to address "all members," was cancelled abruptly yesterday. Requests for a briefing by another administration official went unanswered.

In the letter, four U.S. Senators call on the White House to "publicly and immediately commit to making senior Administration officials available" for questioning regarding the current state of Iraq.

Although the correspondence states that the group was set to be bipartisan, just four Senators, all high-ranking Democrats, are known by RAW STORY to have signed: Reid (D-NV), Durbin (D-IL), Levin (D-MI) and Biden (D-DE).

more plus letter to president at:
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Senators_write_Bush_after_classified_Iraq_0607.html

[AnOhioan]

1. I am not surprised

The chimp and his minions ignore the Congress almost daily.

[Master Mahon]

2. Let them stop sending letters and memos

and start sending some fricken subpeonas!!

Oops sorry!!! I slipped into reality for a moment there.

[gratuitous]

9. The only folks who can issue subpoenas are Republicans

And they don't demand answers from their political, economic or corporate overseers. They barely stop to ask "How high" when Froggy says "Jump!"

[Avalux]

3. Dems had better raise hell about this.

I mean really, since everthing's going so well in Iraq, why not? Guess Khalilzad hasn't been briefed on the new talking points yet. :eyes:

[lyonn]

5. You got that right about those talkin' points!

[wishlist]

4. Wasn't this cancelled due to news of Al Zarqawi killing taking precedence?

n/t

[grytpype]

6. This was a week ago.

[sabra]

7. from last week.

[spanone]

8. They have no need to include the Dems in their war plans.

They could give a rat's ass.

[kpete]

10. This is from a week ago

sorry, too late to delete

same old, same old though