01 May, 2007

How Fast Can You Say ‘Veto’?

Posted by: Rob Bluey In: Capitol Hill| Foreign Affairs

In about 30 minutes we’ll hear from President Bush about his veto of the Democrats’ Iraq spending bill. White House spokesman Tony Snow and Brett McGurk of the National Security Council made the case for the veto this afternoon in a conference call with bloggers, outlining these four points:

1) The bill handcuffs the generals
2) It makes politicians the combat commanders
3) There is excessive pork in it
4) It hurts U.S. credibility and strengthens the hands of those who paint us as weak on the world stage

Joining me on the call were N.Z. Bear of Victory Caucus, Fausta Wertz, Erick Erickson of RedState, McQ of QandO, Mark Finkelstein of NewsBusters, Michelle Oddis of Human Events, John Hawkins of Right Wing News, Matt from Blackfive, Tom Bevan of RealClearPolitics, Bryan Preston of Hot Air, and Brian Faughnan of the Weekly Standard.

At Heritage, we’re closely following the debate. Our Thatcher Center director Nile Gardiner explains how Congress is undermining the U.S.-British alliance and military analyst Jim Carafano analyzes what might happen next in Congress. And posted earlier today on YouTube (already playing on BlueyTube) is video of Alison Fraser discussing the two reasons why the veto is the right decision.

UPDATE — 10:10 p.m.: I found out tonight that we’re taking a poll on MyHeritage.org about the Iraq supplemental.

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