Suprising Air Force Times article," Bush May Ignore War Funding Law"

[Phrogman]

Bravo to the AFT for telling it like it is.

http://www.airforcetimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-2295747.php

Bush says he may ignore new war-funding law

Congress said it wants next year’s defense budget to include funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but President Bush has indicated he may ignore that request.

In a “signing statement” released when he signed the 2007 Defense Authorization Act on Oct. 17, the president listed two dozen provisions in the act that he indicated he may or may not abide by.

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Levin said the measure was “a strong bipartisan statement” that Congress wants responsible budgeting. He said the administration has made a practice of “irresponsible budgeting” for the war since it began in 2003.

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In the signing statement, Bush also objected to:

• A requirement that he name a “coordinator of policy on North Korea” within 60 days, and submit within 90 days an updated intelligence assessment on Iran.

• A call for reports on subjects ranging from an early education program for military children to a study on assessing the safety of the nuclear stockpile.

• A response plan for remediation of unexploded ordnance, discarded military munitions, and munitions constituents.

• A report on a program for replacement of nuclear warheads on certain Trident sea-launched ballistic missiles with conventional warheads.

• Energy efficiency in weapons platforms.

• A report on participation of multinational partners in the United Nations Command in the Republic of Korea.

• A report on the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement.

• Quarterly reports on Department of Defense response to threat posed by improvised explosive devices.

• A National Academy of Sciences study of quantification of margins and uncertainty methodology for assessing and certifying the safety and reliability of the nuclear stockpile.

[acmavm]

1. Well that pissy little bastard just doesn't have to abide by any rules,

laws, treaties, or legislation whatsoever, does he?

I can't wait for his trial.

[Disturbed]

2. It may come to pass that this Pres & VP must be Impeached

to save America from Tryanny.

[aquart]

3. How do we elect any other president

with these crimes unchallenged?

NOBODY should wield this much power. NOBODY.

[cornermouse]

5. Agree.

[Greeby]

4. You think if the Articles of Impeachment are passed

He won't just add a signing statement to those? :eyes:

[SammyWinstonJack]

7. ...

:evilfrown:

[liberal N proud]

6. The sad part about this story, it doesn't even shock me any more

It pisses me off to which everything this regime does has had that reaction. But these acts of defiance no longer surprise me. In fact they are the norm and we expect the absurd from this monster.

With each new day there is a new revelation of the buzzer acts from the bu$h regime. It is almost as if they are trying to out-do the previous acts and see just how stupid they can look.