Democrats want clearer benchmarks from Obama on Afghanistan

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04/14/09 07:11 PM

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Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.), co-chairwoman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and an outspoken critic of both wars, said Obama had failed to set forth clear benchmarks in his request for emergency military funding.

Woolsey said she “wrote to the president asking for clarity and I’m not sure they’ve formed that clarity and if they have, they have not shared with members of Congress.”

Rep. James McGovern (D-Mass.) said he has read the administration’s policy papers and attended its briefings but is “still not sure what the benchmarks are.”

“Put me in the category of being very concerned,” he said in a telephone interview. “On this issue I have deep reservations. I get this sinking feeling that we’re getting sucked into something that we won’t be able to get out of.”


read: http://thehill.com/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=81560&pop=1&page=0&Itemid=70

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1. Good. Too bad they didn't do the same with Bush.

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3. How do you know they didn't?

I'm pretty sure McGovern voted against the Iraq War, and submitted bills to stop the funding..etc.

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2. Good