Show Congress the Money
by TChris
Bob Woodward's book says that President Bush started spending money to prepare for the war in Iraq in July 2002. But Bush didn't go to Congress at that point to ask for money to invade Iraq. Instead, the administration diverted money that Congress had appropriated to fight terrorism.
Congressman David Obey wants the administration to explain where the money came from for pre-war preparation. He thinks "the administration owes Congress a full, detailed and immediate accounting."
"If this is all true, it is ironic that the president was surreptitiously authorizing expenditures to begin a plan for war at the very same time he was resisting bipartisan congressional efforts to provide desperately needed funds for homeland security," Obey said.
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