Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Reaction: Only six senators read key war report

While everyone knows most members of Congress don't read the majority of reports and bills they vote on, it would be nice to know that they read reports with implications of going to war attached to them. Only six senators, which does not include Hillary Clinton or John McCain, read the National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq, a 90 page document. You can say all you want about how they have a staff who carefully read, analyze, and report their findings directly to the member of congress, but in my humble opinion, documents this important should be read by the members themselves. I especially feel this way if years down the road you are going to heavily criticize the war you approved without even properly researching.

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