Help from the Hill: military insiders want some to derail Bush's plans for Iraq. (Gazette).
American Prospect, The, August, 2002 by Vest, Jason
AS A RULE, BOTH THE JOINT Chiefs of Staff and the Central Intelligence Agency's leadership prefer that Congress stay out of their affairs. Indeed, an ideal Congress for many denizens of this realm would be one that simply holds open the cash spigots while Langley and the Pentagon set their own agendas. That makes it particularly alarming to see that as the Bush administration lays its plans for Iraq, career military and intelligence officers are increasingly--and desperately--looking to Congress to help stave off what they fear will be a disaster.
A number of military and ...
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