Hon. Joseph M. Hoeffel: “Can there be any question about what those payments are authorized for, what the purpose behind them is?”

It has always been clear that we need to internationalize the challenge in Iraq, and we need to 'Iraqatize' the challenge in Iraq. We need international support from what is happening. I do not believe this President can do it. But from…

Do not forget that the President sat Mr. Chalabi right behind Mrs. Bush in this year's State of the Union address, right up there in that balcony 4 rac{1}{2} months ago. There he sat in all his double-chinned glory, Ahmad Chalabi, directly…

But, Mr. Speaker, I must tell my colleague that not everybody was being conned. The CIA saw through Chalabi, the State Department saw through Chalabi, and yet the civilian leadership of the Pentagon did not.

Yes. All the firms are identified, the monthly retainers. It is an interesting article. It is a million-dollar industry.