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A Letter from my Senator

Billo_Really

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I wrote my Senator some time ago regarding the impeachment of the President. The following is her response to that letter. I thought it would be interesting to share this with the forum. Although at the time I wrote the letter, I didn't think I would get a response, I am glad I did. Because this gives some insight within the halls of Congress.

I am posting the letter as is (except for the obvious deletions)
February 23, 2007

Mr. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Street, #_ _ _ _
Huntington Beach, California

Dear Mr. _ _ _ _ _ _ (billo)

Thank you for your letter about removing the President from office because of intelligence failures prior to the invasion of Iraq. I read your comments with interest and welcome the opportunity to respond.

I appreciate your point of view, but at this time it is unlikely that efforts to impeach the President would have any chance of success. Please know that I value your opinion and will be sure to keep your views in mind as the Senate debates the situation there.

The Senate vote on the resolution to authorize the use of force in Iraq was difficult and consequential. It was based on hours of intelligence briefings from Administration and intelligence officials, as well as the classified and unclassified versions of an important National Intelligence Estimate that comprehensively assessed Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) program. It was also based on trust that this intelligence was the best our nation's intelligence services could offer, untainted by bias, and fairly presented. In this case it was not.

The bottom line is that Iraq did not possess nuclear, chemical or biological weapons in 2003 when the war began. Saddam Hussein did not have an active nuclear, chemical or biological weapons program. Considering the statements that were being made by the Administration, and the intelligence that was presented to Congress which said otherwise, this points once again to major failures in the analysis, collection and use of intelligence.

On top of these intelligence failures, the Administration's war planning was shortsighted and ill-conceived. By failing to provide adequate troop levels to secure Iraq and its borders and ignoring requests from General Shinseki and others to increase troop levels, the Administration placed the entire mission in Iraq in jeopardy.

Now that Iraq has adopted a constitution and has voted for permanent leadership, the time has come to change our role and downsize the presence of our troops. Logistics support and training of police and military along with helping to rebuild Iraq and its infrastructure remain top priorities. But I believe that the force structure should be downsized this year and either repositioned outside Iraq or brought home.

In my view, 60,000 American troops in Iraq ought to be redeployed in the region or brought home by the end of 2006. Most of the remaining troops could be withdrawn by the end of 2007. From that point onward Iraqi forces have to take primary responsibility for security.

America cannot withdraw all our forces immediately without a chaotic result, but we can begin to more clearly redefine the mission, redeploy some of the troops in the region and bring our other soldiers home.

To further this effort, it is time to change course and bring in a new team to run our military, starting with the resignation of Secretary Rumsfeld. While it is true that, ultimately, the President is responsible for the failures in Iraq, no Bush Administration official was closer to the war planning than Secretary Rumsfeld.

Iraq is at a tipping point. There is one last chance to get it right. The United States must push forward, finish the job, and exit. Time is running out.

Again, thank you for writing. If you have any further comments, please contact my office in Washington, D.C. at (202) 224-3841, or visit my website at United States Senator Dianne Feinstein. Best regards.


Sincerely yours,

Dianne Feinstein
United States Senator
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I now challenge all who read this to write their Representatives and voice their concerns. No matter which side of the aisle you are on, it is more important to participate, than to abbrogate, in the political system of our country.
 
What is the Garden State? Vermont? :confused:
 
Originally posted by bub:
What is the Garden State? Vermont?
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I didn't really think this was an issue here.

If someone is from Huntington Beach, California
what state are they from?

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heh...oops.
 
Even though the letter stated things I did not like to hear,
it did give my hope that the system still works.
 
Originally posted by Just Me 2
The Garden State is NJ and what should we write about?
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I'm not aware of anything east of the Rockies.
 
Originally posted by Just Me 2
You said you were from the Garden State correct? Or did I read wrong? If so the Garden State is NJ.
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You're right!

I did a little quick research and found NJ is the "Garden State" and CA is the "Golden State".

Thank you.
 
Originally posted by Just Me 2
You had me thinking for a second and that is bad because I live in NJ.
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Huh?

I'm not aware of anything east of the Rockies.:)
 
Originally posted by Just Me 2
When you questioned me about the Garden State thing. I was like hmmmmm maybe I'm wrong NJ is not called the Garden State.
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You weren't wrong. It is the "Garden State".

With that being said,

I'm not aware of anything east of the Rockies!

The West is best!

The East can go...
 
Originally Posted by Just Me 2
Ahhhh darlin you are missing so much.
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You sound hot!

Maybe I am missing something...
 
Originally Posted by Just Me 2
Bahahahaha, well thanks. Hey you think West coast girls are hot you need to check out the East coast ones.
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An east coast 10, is an LA 9.
 
Originally Posted by Just Me 2
Yes but the biggest difference is we have a brain that goes with the beauty.
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That just means we argue more.
 
Originally Posted by Just Me 2
yes but that means more "make up" sex.
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That is the best part!
 
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