Landrieu introduces amendment to capture or kill Bin Laden

[Perky]

http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0707/Landrieu_introduces_amendment_to_find_Osama_.html


Landrieu introduces amendment to find Osama

Sen. Mary L. Landrieu (D-La.) introduced an amendment to the defense authorization bill today to the "foremost objective of the U.S. government...is to capture or kill Osama bin Laden" and to dismantle the Al Qaeda terrorist network.

The amendment would move troops from Iraq to Afghanistan to hunt for Bin Laden, authorize $3.6 billion for counter-terrorism programs in the region and re-activate a CIA unit dedicated solely to hunting down Bin Laden.

The move comes on the same day a new National Intelligence Estimate said that Al Qaeda is intensifying its efforts to place operatives inside the United States.

Landrieu said "misguided" Iraq war policy has distracted the military from catching Bin Laden, who should be the top priority.

"It has been 2,136 days since and Osama bin Laden is still at large," Landrieu said.

"A fish rots from the head, and we have been spending the last five years or more chasing the tail," she said of the fight against Al Qaeda.

[Norquist Nemesis]

1. Wow! That took balls!

:sarcasm:

[Perky]

3. Maybe she is running for something?

Edwards-Landrieu :shrug:

[pitohui]

2. good for her and way overdue for such a bill EOM

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[driver8]

4. This should have been done about five and a half years ago...

Amazing that it took a Dem to come up with something like this!! Aren't the Dems supposed to be weak on terror??

[think4yourself]

5. Smart move.

Osama's been dead for years. Now they have to admit it.

[Virginia Dare]

8. Or they'll have to admit he didn't plan and execute 9/11...

for which there has never been any evidence offered? :shrug:

[Rageneau]

6. Executive privilege prevents Bush from capturing Osama.

Osama and Bush are business partners who are working togeher to destroy Iraq. That means he falls under the Republican version of "executive privilege," which prevents anybody from testifying to anything that might embarrass the administration.

[Eurobabe]

7. Who?

I really haven't given him much thought lately. :eyes:

[devilgrrl]

9. Politico again.... why not the Drudge Report? Both have the same level of credibility.

:eyes: