Hillary, Webb Demand Hearings On Pentagon's Iraq Withdrawal Planning

[SaveElmer]

Ratcheting up her war with the Pentagon, Hillary Clinton is joining with Senators Jim Webb, Evan Bayh, and Robert Byrd to demand that the Senate Committee on Armed Services hold hearings to determine the status of the Pentagon's contingency plans for withdrawal with Iraq.

"The need for the Committee to know the status of Department of Defense redeployment planning is clear, yet past efforts by individual members to obtain this information were rebuffed," the Senators have written in a letter just sent to Armed Services chair Carl Levin.

The demand could dramatically increase the public attention on the standoff between Senator Clinton and the Pentagon over Defense Department contingency plans for the withdrawal of troops from Iraq.

This could have the effect of putting more pressure on the Pentagon to release info to Congress about its planning for the possibility or eventuality of withdrawal -- as well as draw increased media attention to a standoff that carries obvious political benefits for Hillary in the context of Democratic Primary politics.

http://electioncentral.tpmcafe.com/blog/electioncentral/2007/jul/23/exclusive_hillary_webb_demand_hearings_on_pentagons_iraq_withdrawal_planning

[William769]

1. Glad to see someone in the Senate still doing their job

Than worrying about who's getting more smaller donations.

[SaveElmer]

2. Unlike McCain ...who can't be bothered to do the job...

He was elected too...

[SOS]

3. Well done

The swift boat losers aren't going to get away with their crap again!!!

Edelman writes an idiotic letter? Get Jim Webb to help hammer the neocons.

The more I see of HRC the more I think she will do well.

[PBass]

4. This 'aint her first rodeo... Good to see Webb doing what he was elected to do, too. (eom)