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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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From: DuckTapeSunroof1/30/2008 1:27:16 PM
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Bush Issues Signing Statement on Defense Act, Waiving Ban on Permanent Iraq Bases

January 29, 2008

President Bush yesterday signed the 2008 National Defense Authorization Act after initially rejecting Congress's first version because it would have allegedly opened the Iraqi government to "expensive lawsuits."

Even though he forced Congress to change its original bill, Bush's signature yesterday came with a little-noticed signing statement, claiming that provisions in the law "could inhibit the President's ability to carry out his constitutional obligations." CQ reports on the provisions Bush plans to disregard:

One such provision sets up a commission to probe contracting fraud in Iraq and Afghanistan. Another expands protections for whistleblowers who work for government contractors. A third requires that U.S. intelligence agencies promptly respond to congressional requests for documents. And a fourth bars funding for permanent bases in Iraq and for any action that exercises U.S. control over Iraq's oil money.

alternet.org

(Apparently the President's recent talk that the 'US was not after permanent bases in Iraq' is belied by his OWN SIGNATURE.)

Which, I suppose, puts the American public in the difficult position of having to decide which is true, and which the lie... the President's spoken word, or the President's signature on his signing statement?
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