Democrats seek to tie Iraq's costs to economy's woes

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Democrats seek to tie Iraq's costs to economy's woes
By David Lightman | McClatchy Newspapers

* Posted on Tuesday, April 8, 2008


WASHINGTON — Democrats in the House of Representatives on Wednesday intend to use hearings on Iraq to hammer home what they think is a key political point: that the expense of the Iraq war is making it harder for the American economy to rebound.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other House leaders are expected to use a closed-door caucus with her fellow Democrats on Wednesday morning to urge them to repeat that refrain when they question the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, Army Gen. David Petraeus, and the top American diplomat there, Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker.

"The trillion-dollar war in Iraq is damaging our economy by taking us deeper into debt," Pelosi said Tuesday in a statement.

The Democratic-dominated House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs committees are expected to spend the entire day questioning Petraeus and Crocker on developments in Iraq. On Tuesday, Senate Democrats provided a preview of how the party will try to tie Iraq to the economy.

"The amount of money we are spending is hemorrhaging our budget," said presidential candidate Barack Obama, D-Ill.

"I just think that there's a point in time, and it's now, when we need to find a way to make sure that Iraq is financing more of its own present and future rather than incurring those costs ourselves," added Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb.

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1. The Republican War Recession.

And War Monger McCain.

Don't call him a war hero, call him an Economic Zero.