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House leader scorns hearings
Washington Times ^ | 5/19/04 | Stephen Dinan and Amy Fagan

Posted on 05/18/2004 10:09:02 PM PDT by kattracks

Edited on 07/12/2004 4:15:25 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

The House Armed Services Committee chairman yesterday said the ongoing Senate hearings into prisoner abuse in Iraq are hurting the U.S. military's ability to wage the war.

"We've got 135,000 kids over there that need leadership, and their leadership can't be dragged back to Washington every couple of days to focus on seven people. And that's what's happened," said Rep. Duncan Hunter, California Republican.


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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: hasc; iraq; iraqipow; johnwarner; sasc

1 posted on 05/18/2004 10:09:02 PM PDT by kattracks
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To: kattracks

Duncan Hunter is a good American and a good soldier. Were it only that we had many more like him.


2 posted on 05/18/2004 10:14:31 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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To: jwalsh07

He is my rep and he's a peach.

I will be sending him an email and telling him I concur with his concerns about all this unnecessary investigating. It's a witch hunt .. and we know who the witch is!


3 posted on 05/18/2004 10:44:16 PM PDT by CyberAnt (The 2004 Election is for the SOUL of AMERICA)
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To: kattracks

Never heard of Mr. Hunter but glad I have now.

4 posted on 05/18/2004 11:07:54 PM PDT by beaversmom (Michael Medved has the Greatest radio show on GOD's Green Earth)
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To: kattracks; OXENinFLA
"I wasn't alive then, and I don't know that Duncan was," said Rep. Zoe Lofgren, California Democrat. "I don't know that that's correct."

Snarky b**** sounds like E'ffin.

5 posted on 05/19/2004 6:35:27 AM PDT by StriperSniper (Welcome home Thomas Hamill !!!)
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