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beachmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-19-07 02:23 PM
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4. He continues to fight for what is right in the Senate, and imagine
what kind of world we'd have if he were president.

Here's just the latest example of the good work he's doing:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070118/ap_on_go_co/military_surplus_stings_1

Kerry calls for probe of Pentagon sales

WASHINGTON - Sen.John Kerry on Thursday called for an investigation into security weaknesses in the Defense Department's surplus sales that have let buyers for Iran and China acquire aircraft parts and other valuable military gear.

The Massachusetts Democrat sought an inquiry by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee after The Associated Press reported that in several instances middlemen for the countries had exploited security flaws to acquire sensitive surplus.

The surplus sales include parts for F-14 "Tomcat" fighter jets, a plane retired last year by the United States and now flown only by Iran. Iran bought the jets in the 1970s before the U.S. government banned most exports, including defense-related sales, to the Mideast country.

"There is no way that Iran should be getting these sensitive military parts, especially with the situation in the Mideast so turbulent," Kerry said.



He's the one for our times to right all the Bush wrongs.

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