For the complete story, you can read the first three parts in this saga between Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and the DoD after she requested if the Pentagon had drawn up a plan detailing any possible withdrawal of combat troops from Iraq. The quick version is that an Assistant Secretary of Defense (and Bush Boot-licker) responded to the Senator by basically calling the request the work of a traitor. Clinton rightly took offense at this and that is when Defense Secretary Robert Gates got involved, promising a review. Now, Gates has responded.
It appears that there is indeed such a plan being formulated and he reiterated his view that Congressional oversight is healthy and not un-American. (I wonder how Rumsfeld would have handled this?!?) You can see more on the story, including Gates' letter, here.
26 July 2007
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