Posted on 05/14/2007 3:55:32 AM PDT by Baladas
Henry Waxman, the most dogged of congressional committee chairmen, has been described by the Republicans as 'the scariest man in Washington'.
Since the Democrats took control of the House and Senate in January, he has been in overdrive, launching inquiries into issues ranging from global warming to White House emails, and the one that concerns the congressman most - Iraq.
Nancy Pelosi, the House speaker, is the public face of the new Democrat-led Congress, but Mr Waxman is the embodiment of the pent-up release of Democratic energy, determined to harry George Bush in his last two years in office.
The Bush administration is feeling the squeeze, from the White House to the Pentagon, state department and various federal organisations. Mr Waxman is currently waiting for the response from the secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, on whether she will give evidence about the run-up to the war in Iraq. He issued a subpoena last month demanding her presence before his committee and, though she has hinted she will not attend, he seems confident that she will. In an interview in his office overlooking Congress, he said his main concern is to discover why Mr Bush took the country to war. The issue has been churned over by journalists, by books from insiders and in reports but Mr Waxman does not feel anyone has yet got to the heart of the matter.
"We have gone to war, lost thousands of people _ Americans, British, many more Iraqis - and spent billions of dollars. The whole of the Middle East is in turmoil ... It is hard to know where you are going if you do not know how you got there."
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
Wasn’t he in that episode of Twilite Zone where everyone ugly was normal and the pretty ones were shunned? Like over at DU?
Yikes!!
Talk about being ready for Halloween!
Hillary?
That woman is hideous!
UGLY IS TO THE BONE!!!
but please don't denigrate Mr Potato Head, he did nothing to warrant that
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