Richard Tafoya
Feb 15th, 2007, 10:59 PM
Reuters:
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyid=2007-02-15T193356Z_01_N15322287_RTRUKOC_0_US-IRAQ-USA-FUNDING.xml
U.S. Rep. John Murtha, a leading congressional opponent of the war in Iraq, on Thursday said his plans for placing conditions on how President George W. Bush can spend $93.4 billion in new combat funds would effectively stop an American troop buildup.
"They won't be able to continue. They won't be able to do the deployment. They won't have the equipment, they don't have the training and they won't be able to do the work. There's no question in my mind," the Pennsylvania Democrat said.
Murtha, an ex-Marine in his 18th term, made his remarks in a Web cast on movecongress.org, which hopes to influence Congress to stop the war in Iraq.
As the chairman of a House of Representatives panel that oversees military spending, Murtha plans to advance legislation next month attaching strings to the additional war funds Bush requested on February 5.
At a news conference on Wednesday, Bush warned Congress against tying his hands on the war.
"I make it very clear to the members of Congress, starting now, that they need to fund our troops and they need to make sure we have the flexibility necessary to get the job done," Bush said.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyid=2007-02-15T193356Z_01_N15322287_RTRUKOC_0_US-IRAQ-USA-FUNDING.xml
U.S. Rep. John Murtha, a leading congressional opponent of the war in Iraq, on Thursday said his plans for placing conditions on how President George W. Bush can spend $93.4 billion in new combat funds would effectively stop an American troop buildup.
"They won't be able to continue. They won't be able to do the deployment. They won't have the equipment, they don't have the training and they won't be able to do the work. There's no question in my mind," the Pennsylvania Democrat said.
Murtha, an ex-Marine in his 18th term, made his remarks in a Web cast on movecongress.org, which hopes to influence Congress to stop the war in Iraq.
As the chairman of a House of Representatives panel that oversees military spending, Murtha plans to advance legislation next month attaching strings to the additional war funds Bush requested on February 5.
At a news conference on Wednesday, Bush warned Congress against tying his hands on the war.
"I make it very clear to the members of Congress, starting now, that they need to fund our troops and they need to make sure we have the flexibility necessary to get the job done," Bush said.