US withholding Iraq strategy document

[katty]

(our government-Democratic? What we have going on now is anything but a Democracy)

more: http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Pentagon_ignores_Dem_requests_for_Iraq_1113.html

US withholding Iraq strategy document from Democratic lawmakersJason Rhyne
Published: Tuesday November 13, 2007

The Pentagon has denied repeated requests from Democratic lawmakers to view a key document outlining the chief US strategy to achieve stability in Iraq.

Created by General David Petraeus and US Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker, the Joint Campaign Plan details military and diplomatic steps intended to dramatically heighten security in Iraq by 2009. The exact nature of the plan, however, has been withheld from Congress thus far, according to Roll Call's Rachel Van Dongen.

"After persistent requests from House Armed Services Chairman Ike Skelton (D-Mo.), the issue has moved up the Congressional chain of command to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)," Van Dongen writes. "According to an aide, Pelosi asked President Bush for the document several months ago in a White House meeting. Since then, Pelosi's staff has 'repeatedly' requested a copy, her aide said, but has not yet received one."

[Birthmark]

1. Curious wording

"US withholding Iraq strategy document from Democratic lawmakers"

Seems to me that the Democratic lawmakers are very much a part of the US.

[katty]

2. yup, indeed