Reply #9: She was appointed into the Armed Services Committee...

[Solon]

Back in Janurary of 2003:

http://japan.usembassy.gov/e/p/tp-20030115a3.html

Also look here to see what the committee covers:

COMMITTEE JURISDICTION

Aeronautical and space activities peculiar to or primarily associated with the development of weapons systems or military operations; the common defense; the Department of Defense, the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force, generally; maintenance and operation of the Panama Canal, including administration, sanitation, and government of the Canal Zone; military research and development; national security aspects of nuclear energy; naval petroleum reserves, except those in Alaska; pay, promotion, retirement, and other benefits and privileges of members of the Armed Forces, including overseas education of civilian and military dependents; selective service system; and strategic and critical materials necessary for the common defense.

Comprehensive study and review of matters relating to the common defense policy of the United States.

http://armed-services.senate.gov/about.htm

Emphasis is mine of course, but the vote on the war resolution was in Oct. of 2002, my question is, was her appointment to the Armed Services Committee only 4 months after the vote a kickback or not? We don't really know what info she had, however, this doesn't mean she wasn't already privy to much of it.