McCain talks about Obama missing stuff, well look here: It turns out that presumptive Republican nominee Sen. John McCain has attended even fewer Afghanistan-related Senate hearings over the past two years than Obama’s one. Which is a nice way of saying, McCain, R-Ariz., the top Republican on the Senate Armed Service Committee, has attended zero […]
Reuters is reporting: President George W., Bush plans on Tuesday to veto a war spending bill that imposes timelines for a U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq, and will then explain his action in a statement at the White House, an administration official said. Bush will carry out his long-standing threat to veto the legislation after […]
Iraq is getting worse by the day and they are starting to give up on these little “rosie” assessments we have become use to hearing. Here is the latest news from the Pentagon: The U.S. military will likely maintain the current force levels of more than 140,000 troops in Iraq through next spring, the top […]
Earlier today during a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Hilary Clinton grilled Rumsfeld. Here is the exchange: (h/t crooks and liars) Now the post-morteum of that exchange has lead to Hilary calling for the resignation of Rumsfeld: Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton called Thursday for the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, hours after […]
The former head of US Central Command had some great things to tell Tim Russert this morning. Now if anyone will listen it will be a first: (Video and transcript available at Think Progress) Zinni, who headed the US Central Command from 1997 to 2000, was asked if anyone should lose their job over how […]
Arm Chair Generalist has a very interesting read on Bush possible breaking military rules by making his partisan attacks at military bases. He highlights an article discussing this possible ethical violation which was reported by (of all places) FOX news: [Bush’s] attacks against critics at military settings may have put troops in the awkward position […]