Kendrick Meek: “Let me just, like we say, put the cookie on the bottom shelf here. Veterans Day is Friday. I am just thinking about…”

“Let me just, like we say, put the cookie on the bottom shelf here. Veterans Day is Friday. I am just thinking about this. Folks have put statements in the Record. Our veterans, we love them, tear drops on the paper while they are writing it. And here we are living in an environment now in the 109th Congress, Republican-controlled Congress, where it has been proven, literally put on paper to be judged in a court of law that officials in the White House several years ago, someone finally came forth and told the truth or said that someone lied. And they have the power to call these White House officials in a public hearing to talk about what happened. They have the power to do that, but they choose not to. Now, just like I have this mike here and this podium, there will be some Members of Congress that will be asked to speak at a Veterans Day event and they are going to talk about the war on terror. And they are going to talk about winning the hearts and minds of Iraqis and other groups that are out there. And they are going to talk about the troops and their commitment. But I tell you one thing that they will not talk about. They will not talk about the fact that we know what is going on. We are not going to call these people before Congress and ask questions like we are supposed to when CIA agents are outed, when national security is jeopardized.…”