Rumsfeld Faces Questions on Troops in Iraq

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/23/AR2005062300242.html

Rumsfeld Faces Questions on Troops in Iraq

By LIZ SIDOTI
The Associated Press
Thursday, June 23, 2005; 4:21 AM

WASHINGTON -- Congressional Democrats are demanding answers about the future presence of U.S. troops in Iraq as Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld heads to Capitol Hill to testify on progress in training Iraq's own security forces.

The Bush administration contends Iraqis must be able to defend their own country against a lethal insurgency before a timeline for bringing home troops can be considered.

But progress has been slower than expected. In recent weeks, insurgents have increasingly targeted Iraqi security forces. And U.S. casualties, war spending and public skepticism continue to climb, ruffling both Republicans and Democrats.

Rumsfeld, Gen. Richard Myers, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and top U.S. military commanders in Iraq were scheduled to testify Thursday before the Senate and House Armed Services Committees.

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[ogradda]

1. I doubt he'll really face the questions.

It will probably be more like dodging.

[ClintonTyree]

2. He'll respond....

in his circular, non-committal fashion, as always. Rummy the Dummy has been conspicuously unavailable lately, I wondered when he was going to surface into the light of day again. I hope he gets the shit grilled out of him, but I know I'm just setting myself up for disappointment in hoping for that.