[Aside from] massive ... failed to anticipate and plan for the chaos and violence we have confronted in Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein. |
[Levin, though not aware of the matrix steps which need to be accomplished as the group of local, state, and federal transportation departments begin to undertake the actual planning phase of the work, expressed the importance of keeping him informed of the timelines and milestones set forth.] We will do what we can to facilitate this process, ... Frankly this thing has to work. We had to say no to so many other people in order to get the funding for this approved. |
[Much of Saddam's stolen revenues came from oil sales to Jordan, Turkey and Syria, which the U.S. government and the U.N. Security Council knew about.] Should members of Congress resign, ... because they turned a blind eye to illegal sales Saddam made with their full knowledge? |
[That's what President Bush said in his speech yesterday at the FBI Academy in Quantico. After the attacks on Britain, our closest ally in the war on terrorism, it is an astonishing thing to say.] It's a very insensitive statement with regard to the British, ... Tony Blair must absolutely have blanched when he heard that. |
administration's position is very confusing. |
After the war started, the administration began an effort to change the subject of the debate from the actual presence of weapons of mass destruction to WMD programs, then to WMD-related program activities and more recently to speculation about intentions, |
Alan Greenspan has said that accounting for stock options is the most important post-Enron reform, and I couldn't agree more. |
America is now questioning more and more the president's decisions, ... Not only the statements, the policy which led to the war, the way we got into it, but the failure to acquire allies and to get the Iraqis to take over the security of their country. |
And it's too bad, because it's most important that this administration listen to some of even its Republican critics, which is that we've got a significantly worsening situation in Iraq, |
Assurances have been made for months that progress is being made, ... We have not seen any evidence of it. |
be prepared to provide sworn testimony. |
By not responding to repeated U.N. requests for help in investigating this scheme, the U.S. Treasury Department failed in its oversight obligations and missed an opportunity to stop a U.S. corporation from contributing to Saddam's efforts to corrupt the oil-for-food program, |
defend the national security interests of the United States against the threat posed by Iraq, and restore international peace and security in the region. |
Detroit's riverfront is being transformed from a neglected industrial wasteland to a beautiful space for our people and visitors to our city. This funding will greatly contribute to that transformation, |
Detroit's riverfront is being transformed from a neglected industrial wasteland to a beautiful space for our people and visitors to our city. This funding will greatly contribute to that transformation. |