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Hon. Joseph M. Hoeffel: “I would like to open up briefly this evening with a brief report on the appearance by Ambassador Paul Bremer before the…”

On the recordSeptember 30, 2003
I would like to open up briefly this evening with a brief report on the appearance by Ambassador Paul Bremer before the Committee on International Relations on September 25. He came before the committee to justify the administration's request for $87 billion of military occupation and reconstruction dollars in Iraq. I asked the Ambassador, who I think is a fine public servant who is doing the best he can, a career diplomat, one of America's finest, but I believe his political masters are making it difficult for him to give us the information which I believe Congress is entitled to.
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Hon. Joseph M. Hoeffel
Pennsylvania
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Discussing the administration's request for funding related to Iraq during a debate.

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