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HILLARY CLINTON ILLUSIVE ON IRAQ
HILLARY CLINTON REMAINS MORE ILLUSIVE ON THE WAR IN IRAQ THAN HER $850,000 SUPPORTER WAS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS
"When Hillary Clinton comes to California today, she is going to have a difficult time explaining her failure to denounce the reprehensible ad from MoveOn and her vote against providing funding for our military troops, just four months after she requested General David Petraeus to list whatever funding was necessary to keep our troops safe."
Hector M. Barajas, Communications Director, California Republican Party
In Gen. Petraeus' Last Public Hearing Before The Committee, Hillary Had One Question; Asking The General To Request Whatever Funding Was Necessary To Keep Troops Safe:
"[Hillary] Urged Petraeus To Ask Congress For All Resources Necessary To Provide The Troops With The Adequate Equipment." (Roxana Tiron, "Petraeus Criticizes Anti-Surge Resolutions During Hearing," The Hill, 1/24/07)
Hillary Asked Gen. Petraeus To Request "Every Possible Piece Of Equipment And Resource Necessary To Protect" The Troops. Hillary: "So the one thing that I would ask General is, please do everything you can to get additional security. The Humvees are turning into death traps, as we see the sophistication of the IEDs. We don't have enough of the mine protection vehicles and we haven't even ordered enough and we haven't put them into the theater. If we're going to put these soldiers and marines into these very exposed positions, which this strategy calls for, please come to us; ask for whatever you need to try to provide maximum protection. ... [L]et's make sure we have every possible piece of equipment and resource necessary to protect these young men and women ..." Gen. Petraeus: "I'll do that Senator." (Committee On The Armed Services, U.S. Senate, Testimony, 1/23/07)
Then, In March, Gen. Petraeus Said That A Delay In Emergency Spending Funds Would Impact His Mission:
Gen. Petraeus: "If those resources are not forthcoming, then obviously, it would have an impact on us." (PBS' "The News Hour," 3/4/07)
But In May, Hillary Voted Against Providing Funding For The Same Critical Equipment She Mentioned In Her January Hearing:
Hillary Voted Against Providing Funds For The Troops Contained In The Iraq Emergency Spending Bill. (H.R. 2206, CQ Vote #181: Passed 80-14: R 42-3; D 37-10; I 1-1, 5/24/07, Clinton Voted Nay)
The Iraq Emergency Spending Bill That Hillary Voted Against Provided:
- $1.6 Billion For Body Armor
- $2.4 Billion To Help Combat IEDs
- $3 Billion For Mine Resistant Vehicles
(House And Senate Committees On Appropriations, "Summary Of The Fiscal 2007 Supplemental Funding Legislation, Press Release, 5/24/07)
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