A commentary yesterday by Congressman Jim Saxton (R-NJ):
(1) It gives foreign terrorists more legal protection than our own citizens and more than an enemy prisoner of war receives under the Geneva Convention and international law.
Iraq, Political wind
Rep. Obey threatened unilaterally to block Iraq war-funding
by Tim Sumner •
In this morning’s Washington Times:
Rep. David R. Obey, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, yesterday threatened unilaterally to block President Bush’s $189 billion emergency war-funding bill to force a U.S. pullout from Iraq and called for levying a surtax to cover the war’s costs.