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Date: March 12, 2007 11:39:59 AM PDT
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Subject: Cheney Attacks Congress for Not Filling Halliburton's Pockets
Cheney Says Congress Undermines Troops
Vice President Challenges 'Anti-War' Lawmakers
By Matthew Lee
AP, March 12, 2007
http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/cheney-says-congress-
undermines-troops/20070312120909990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001
WASHINGTON (Narch 12) - Anti-war lawmakers in Congress are
"undermining" U.S. troops in Iraq by trying to limit President
Bush 's spending requests for military operations in Iraq and
Afghanistan , Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday.
Hitting out at lawmakers who profess to back the troops but oppose
Bush's plans in Iraq, Cheney said proof of their commitment would
come as they consider legislation to provide nearly $100 billion
for the rest of this year's costs of the wars.
The House plans to begin considering a bill this week that would
fully finance the administration's request. Senate action is
expected to come later.
"When members of Congress pursue an anti-war strategy that's been
called 'slow bleeding,' they are not supporting the troops, they
are undermining them," Cheney said in a speech to the American
Israel Public Affairs Committee.
"Anyone can say they support the troops and we should take them at
their word, but the proof will come when it's time to provide the
money," he said.
House Democratic leaders want to add provisions to the war spending
measure requiring the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops by the end
of August 2008 and possibly by the end of 2007. Some anti-war
Democrats prefer limiting the funds so the administration would
essentially be forced to remove U.S. forces, a strategy that party
leaders have abandoned.
"We expect the House and Senate to meet the needs of our military
and the generals leading the troops in battle on time and in full
measure," Cheney said.
"When members speak not of victory but of time limits, deadlines
and other arbitrary measures, they are telling the enemy simply to
watch the clock and wait us out," he said.
Cheney said the House's nonbinding vote against troop increases in
Iraq last month was an example of "twisted logic" and "not a proud
episode in the history of the United States Congress."
Cheney added, "Very soon, both houses will have to vote on a piece
of legislation that is binding, a bill to provide emergency funding
to the troops, and I sincerely hope that this time, the discussion
this time will be about winning in Iraq."
Speaking before a packed crowd at the Washington Convention Center,
Cheney said it was one of several disturbing "myths" that one could
support the troops and at the same time not give them what their
commanders say they need to win.
Other myths are that Iraq is not central to the war on terrorism
and that withdrawing from Iraq would somehow help the war on
terrorism, the vice president said.
Cheney warned that terrorists would continue to attack the United
States and its friends if they saw them retreating in the face of
continued deadly insurgent attacks.
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