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April 11, 2007
"'Democrats in Congress want to sit down with the President to talk about the best way to both fully fund our troops and move forward in Iraq. We have sent him repeated requests to do so, the most recent today. We have been disappointed with the President's decision to avoid a serious, substantive discussion with Congress on Iraq."
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April 11, 2007
This just in from Bloomberg:
Sallie Mae to Pay $2 Million to Settle Lending Probe (Update2)
Karen Freifeld, Bloomberg - April 11, 2007
Articles
April 11, 2007
"She went to advance US interests in the Middle East, believing that we can perhaps get more out of Syria by engaging it than by shunning it."
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April 11, 2007
EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon Considers Extended Tours for All Soldiers
Jonathan Karl, ABC News - April 10, 2007
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April 10, 2007
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton today wrote a letter to the Secretary of Defense, expressing concerns about Army readiness and questioned the Pentagon about its preparations to fully train and equip the National Guard brigade combat teams which were recently alerted that they would deploy to Iraq later this year:
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April 10, 2007
The Oversight and Government Reform Committee announced that it has scheduled a hearing entitled "Misleading Information from the Battlefield" on April 24th:
Press Release
April 10, 2007
"'The American people want the President and the Congress to work together to bring a responsible end to the war in Iraq. Congressional Democrats are willing to meet with the President at any time, but we believe that any discussion of an issue as critical as Iraq must be accomplished by conducting serious negotiations without any preconditions. Our goal should be to produce an Iraq supplemental bill that both fully funds our troops and gives them a strategy for success."
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April 10, 2007
Speaker Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid today issued the following statement, renewing their call for the President to work with Congress to ensure our troops receive the support they need, including a strategy for success:
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April 9, 2007
After receiving an insufficient response from the State Department's Legislative Affairs office, Chairman Waxman reiterated his request today for Secretary Rice to testify later this month on President Bush's claims that Iraq attempted to procure uranium from Niger and other subjects: