Pelosi wants entire House to get a war briefing

[laststeamtrain]

Source: WP

Pelosi wants entire House to get a war briefing

By Paul Kane

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has requested that every House member receive a top-level briefing on President Obama's request for 30,000 additional troops in Afghanistan, according to a senior aide -- an unusual move demonstrating the high stakes of the war debate.

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Other key advisers, including Gen. David H. Petraeus, the head of U.S. Central Command, and Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry, will appear before key committees early next week, with Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the Afghan war commander, appearing after that.

The armed services and foreign relations committees cover about a fifth of Congress's total membership. Pelosi wants every House member to be able to see in person a briefing from Obama's top members of the war council, the aide said.

Such a briefing would likely be held on the House floor, which is sometimes used for critical classified matters for the entire chamber to consider. Obama is likely to approve the request, with the massive briefing possibly happening as early as next week.

Read more: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2009/12/pelosi_wants_entire_house_to_g.html

[24601]

1. Yeah, here's all the war info - but the Social Secretary - sorry, you're

not cleared for that - it's way too sensitive and might leak to the terrorists.

[pscot]

2. Good idea

The House should have demanded it 8 years ago.

[marshall]

4. But will they read it?

How many hundreds of pages is it going to be?

[MiniMe]

3. Wonder if it would be an open briefing or a closed briefing

Harry Reid called for a closed session of the Senate at one time.

[Historic NY]

5. So why not before the POTUS talk., wait leakers our congress can't hold water.

[unkachuck]

6. sorry for being cynical....

....but this is just theater for a 'yes vote' on 30 billion dollars more on top of the 250 billion we've already pissed away in Afghanistan....not counting the 800 billion we've squander for our 'success' in Iraq (which will crash into civil war two weeks after we leave)....

....but these wars don't break the bank, they don't ruin the budget, they don't add to the deficit, only the Public Option does that....

....or maybe they will 'think about leaving' Afghanistan in time for Obamas' re-election in 2012, maybe....100000 troops plus 100000 contractors plus black-ops in Pakistan, it's too big for only 100 al Qaeda; I think this is just the beginning, I think this is going to grow, I think they want to invade Pakistan and take away their nukes....

[swilton]

7. I agree with unkachuck

All for show -

[704wipes]

8. Invading Pakistan FROM Afghanistan ?

I doubt that is feasible, but dropping special forces in Pakistan to push Bin Laden back over to Afghanistan where we could then light up his ass with some of these troops...that might work.
Kill OBL, declare victory -- and come home.

[corpseratemedia]

9. I bet you're right