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Obama Seeks to Alter Iraq Policy Through Troops Funding

January 08, 2007 5:49 PM

ABC News' Z. Byron Wolf Reports: Sen. Barack Obama said today that his office "is now investigating what tools are available to us to condition or constrain appropriations" for the President's expected plan to increase the American troop presence in Iraq.

After completing a press conference on the Senate ethics reform package slated to hit the floor for debate this week, the likely Democratic presidential contender was asked about the congressional power of the purse. Sen. Obama acknowledged that it is difficult for Democrats who want to constrain troop deployments, but not hinder troop resources.

". . . My intention, at least, is to be as vigorous as possible, through the use of oversight, the hearings that Senator Biden will be organizing this week, the appropriations process, to focus the American people's attention on this, and to do whatever we can do to lead to a better set of decisions from the White House, constrained by my belief that if I had a son or daughter in Iraq right now, I'd want to make sure that they had everything they need to come home safely," Obama added.

January 8, 2007 in Tancredo, Tom | Permalink | User Comments (0)

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