Washington - A House committee chairman accused the Bush administration Friday of protecting the country from terrorism "on the cheap" as lawmakers complained to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff about proposed cuts in emergency communications and other programs.
Visiting Congress for the second time in two days, Chertoff was criticized anew by lawmakers upset with the government's security efforts, including at the borders and at airports.
"Millions of lives are at stake and we cannot continue to protect the homeland on the cheap," Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, told Chertoff.
At a hearing held by the panel, Thompson and Rep. Peter King of New York, top Republican on the committee, told Chertoff they were unhappy with how the administration is planning to use a $1 billion fund for upgrading communications systems for emergency workers.
"I am deeply concerned by the delay in getting this program up and running," King said. He said equipment that would let different emergency agencies communicate with each other during disasters - which many are currently unable to do - is "critically important to the nation's first responders."
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And the latest news from the middle East does not look good for the Gerbil Administration:
The surge in violence and number of daily attacks that followed the U.S. decision to deploy additional troops in Iraq, demonstrates that the U.S. strategy, aimed at protecting the embattled Iraqi government and thus its own interests, is likely to fail, probably bringing an end to the U.S. military presence in Iraq, after nearly four years of occupation that brought the country to ruin.
US is now acusing Iranian leaders for bombings in Iraq
Russia budding up with Iran
United States had disastrously “overstepped” its borders, said the Russian leader, who spearheaded international opposition to the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq.
“The United States has overstepped its borders in all spheres — economic, political and humanitarian and has imposed itself on other states,” Putin said at the 43rd Munich Conference on Security Policy.
What he called a ‘uni-polar’ world dominated by the United
SP Biloxi,
Feel free to post whatever links you want.
This mess looks like it will be coming to a head, the Gerbil Administration mess that is, and it may be too late for impeachment, I just feel sorry for whoever is elected in '08 because this is a real disaster that needs to cleaned up.
Woke up to news radio this AM to listening about Karl Rove being down in Springfield, Illinois because of Lincolns Birthday........not safe downstate with all the Republicans down there for the Lincoln events
Chicago Native:
I will take your advice and post some of your links. :D
What is the scoop of Rove being in your state?
Famous Republican Lincoln's Birthday, brings all the Republican's to Springfield, home of Lincoln, I hear you can't swing a dead cat without hitting one in Springfield today.
"Famous Republican Lincoln's Birthday, brings all the Republican's to Springfield, home of Lincoln,"
Yeah, it brought the GOP for Lincoln's birthday. But, you are missing the leadership part...
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