thinkprogress.org/2008/07/1...-hearings/
McCain missed every single Afghanistan hearing his committee held.
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), “the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, has attended zero of his committee’s six hearings on Afghanistan over the last two years,” ABC News reports:
A review of the Senate Armed Services Committee hearings as listed on the committee Web site for the past two years reveals that McCain’s committee has held six hearings that included the word “Afghanistan” in the title or Central Command — which overseas U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
McCain missed them all.
The McCain campaign said the senator’s “previous foreign policy experience make up for his recent lack of attendance at hearings.”
McCain missed every single Afghanistan hearing his committee held.
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), “the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, has attended zero of his committee’s six hearings on Afghanistan over the last two years,” ABC News reports:
A review of the Senate Armed Services Committee hearings as listed on the committee Web site for the past two years reveals that McCain’s committee has held six hearings that included the word “Afghanistan” in the title or Central Command — which overseas U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
McCain missed them all.
The McCain campaign said the senator’s “previous foreign policy experience make up for his recent lack of attendance at hearings.”
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Re: wouldn't it be beneficial if he attended these hearings?
Sat, July 19, 2008 - 1:31 AMmaybe he was "tied up."
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Re: wouldn't it be beneficial if he attended these hearings?
Sat, July 19, 2008 - 1:37 AMblogs.abcnews.com/political...te-ex.html
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Of the three Afghanistan-related hearings that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has had over the past 22 months, Obama, the presumptive Democratic candidate, has only attended one. -
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Re: wouldn't it be beneficial if he attended these hearings?
Sat, July 19, 2008 - 1:44 AMthat is to be expected, unfortunately, from anyone on the campaign trail.
This is what really gives me pause about Obama. He probably only spent a 1/2-1 year, actually working full time in the senate
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