Robert C. Byrd: “This is a gimmick that this administration is using, I must say, and…”

On the recordMarch 1, 2004

This is a gimmick that this administration is using, I must say, and the American people are being kept in the dark.

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Robert C. Byrd

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Mar 1, 2004

Byrd accuses the administration of using gimmicks to obscure war costs.

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Why should Congress not have some limitations on this? It is the taxpayers' money.

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In closing, may I say that the President's request includes $658 million for construction of the U.S. Embassy in Iraq.

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Doesn't this send a signal to the Iraqi people and to the American people that the United States intends to have a large permanent presence there?

Robert C. Byrd: “This is a gimmick that this administration is using, I must say, and the American people are being kept in the dark.”