Showing posts with label drawdown. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drawdown. Show all posts

Sunday, June 6, 2010

What’s the plan for Afghanistan?

Seattle Rep. Jim McDermott is one of the 82 co-sponsors of HR 5015, requiring the administration to provide a timetable for troop redeployment from Afghanistan.

The President has promised a drawdown starting in July, 2011. Since the Constitution puts Congress in charge of writing the checks to spend our tax dollars, isn’t it only reasonable that Congress – and the people – should get to see a specific plan?