Dennis Kucinich: “as the House debates defense authorization, it is fair for the American people to ask what is happening to their tax…”

“as the House debates defense authorization, it is fair for the American people to ask what is happening to their tax dollars going for defense. Over $1 trillion in Department of Defense accounts remains unreconciled. Audits have been suspended. Worse, this administration led this Nation into a war based on the pretext that Iraq was an imminent threat, which it was not. The President described Iraq as an imminent threat. It was not. The Secretary of State presented pictures to the world which he offered as proof. But as of today, with the administration having total control over Iraq, nothing that has been said has been substantiated. Where are the weapons of mass destruction? What was the basis for this war? How can we spend $400 billion for defense if we cannot defend the truth? How do we defend the truth if we do not demand answers from an administration which took this Nation into a war on a pretext?”