Democrats Raise Concerns Over Iraq

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WASHINGTON - The House debate over a $81.4 billion spending package for war is providing Democrats a platform to assail President Bush's handling of Iraq.

"Why are we writing another check for a mission that's been so badly botched?" asked Rep. Lynn Woolsey of California, an anti-war Democrat who has proposed withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq. "Who's being held responsible for the misuse of the money we've already approved?"

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However, the president won't get $590 million to build a U.S. embassy in Baghdad. On Tuesday, the House approved an amendment — on a 258-170 vote — that bars money in the spending package from being used for embassy security, construction and maintenance.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=512&e=3&u=/ap/20050316/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq_spending_8

HA! no dough for that bigass max-security embassy (neocons must find a new control center for their plundering...)

[mike_c]

1. once that money hits Iraq it'll be spent on whatever they want...

...to spend it on, and I wonder what proportion will simply "disappear?"