Sen. Dodd's Bill Would Cap Troops Levels,Attorneys Being Fired,and Saudi Arabia May Send Troops To Iraq

Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Dodd introduces bill to cap U.S. troop levels in Iraq
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Connecticut, is hoping to become a strong voice against President Bush's plan to increase U.S. troops in Iraq.

The presidential candidate introduced legislation Tuesday that put a limit on the number of troops in Iraq at about 132,000.

Under Dodd's bill any additional troops sent to Iraq would require congressional approval.

It is currently unclear how many of Dodd's Democratic colleagues will support the measure and whether it will be debated on the Senate Floor.

-- CNN Congressional Correspondent Andrea Koppe

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   Bush will just do another signing statement if this bill actually passes.

    In other news:

    From MSNBC

By Alex Johnson and Andrea Mitchell
MSNBC and NBC News
Updated: 5:01 p.m. CT Jan 16, 2007

Saudi Arabia believes the Iraqi government is not up to the challenge and has told the United States that it is prepared to move its own forces into Iraq should the violence there degenerate into chaos, a senior U.S. official told NBC News on Tuesday.                                   Entire Article

 

From TPMmuckraker

WH Moved Swiftly to Replace US Attorneys
By Paul Kiel - January 16, 2007, 3:22 PM

The administration is replacing U.S. Attorneys throughout the country. How'd they get that power?

It was an obscure provision in the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act, and it didn't take them very long to use it. The president signed it into law in March of last year -- by June, they were already moving to replace unwanted prosecutors.                 Entire Article

    Like wet sand through the hourglass, these are the days of our lives!

    I am telling you all! That shithead in the White house is working on a dictatorship.

 

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