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Gulf buildup worries Congress members
WASHINGTON - Members of Congress
expressed increasing worry Monday over Presi
dent Bush’s latest moves in the Persian Gulf,
warning that he is stepping out ahead of his
carefully created international consensus and
that Americans as well as allies may balk at
going to war.
“If George Bush wants his presidency to die
in the Arabian desert, he’s going to get his
wish,” Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y.,
a member of the Foreign Relations Comm itlcc,
said in an interview.
Bush’s spokesman Marl in Fitzwatcr quickly
retorted, “Not a shot’s been fired. What are
these guys talking about?”
Fitzwatcr said Bush has no intention of
leaving Congress out of his decisionmaking.
“They know what we’re doing,” Fitzwatcr
said. “They’ve been kept informed every step
of the way. It’s appropriate that they be cau
tious, that they express these concerns. There’s
nothing wrong with that.”
Following Bush’s announcement last week
that the United Slates will begin a huge new
deployment to gain an offensive capability in
the region, the tone on Capitol Hill has shifted
lrom cautious support to apprehension.
Speaking in Albany, Ga., on Monday,
Democratic Sen. Wychc Fowler said Congress
should come back into session after Thanks
giving to debate the issue and to better define
America’s goals, namely, “What will consti
tute victory, how long it might take, and, more
importantly, to pursue every economic and
diplomatic strategy so that hopefully we can
eliminate the military option.”
Rep. William Broomfield, R-Mich., the senior
GOP member of the Foreign Affairs Commit
tee, has voiced concern over the president’s
failure to consult broadly with Congress on the
latest deployment.
But Fit/watcr said public support for Bush
“has been very strong.”
“We don’t want to goto war. President Bush
will say the same things these congressmen arc
saying — be cautious, follow the policy, sup
port the U.N. resolutions, consult with Con
gress,” Filzwater said.
Bush has said he still hopes economic sanc
tions backed by United Nations resolutions and
supported by most foreign nations will per
suade Iraq to leave Kuwait without fighting.
We don’t want to go to war. President Bush will say the same
things these congressmen are saying~ be
policy, support the U.N. resolutions, consult with Congress.
Fitzwater
presidential spokesman
One senior congressional aide, speaking on
condition of anonymity, said lawmakers who
have spent time among the voters in recent
weeks arc reflecting public unease with the
gull situation. The aide predicted that Bush
would come under heavier fire from the Demo
cratic-controlled Congress in the coming weeks.
Senior administration officials, including
Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney and Joint
Chiefs of Staff Chairman Colin Powell, are to
brief lawmakers today for the lirst time since
Congress adjourned Oct. 28. And members of
the bipartisan leadership were scheduled to
meet with Bush at the White House on Wednes
day. _<•
Senate Armed Services Committee Chair
man Sam Nunn, D-Ga., said he was not con
sulted about the latest troop buildup and re
ceived a call only Friday, the day after Bush
announced it publicly.
“I haven’t been told reasons why we have to
rush this thing,” Nunn said in a weekend tele
vision interview. “Why not let the embargo
work?.. . War should be the last option.”
Nunn said Bush has failed to explain, either
to Congress or the American people, why the
liberation of Kuwait is “an interest so impor
tan t we ’ re w i 11 i ng to spend thousands of Amcri -
can lives, if necessary.”
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WASHINGTON - Monthly Social
Security checks arc now virtually off
limits to politicians trying to cut the
federal deficit because of a budget
shortfall calculation change.
The change is a relief for 39 mil
lion elderly, handicapped and other
Americans who rely on the S265 bil
lion program. But critics say the shift
formally removes the biggest single
domestic program from shouldering
the burden of future budget cuts. As a
result, other federal endeavors would
have to bear a greater brunt of what
ever reductions are made, they say.
As part of their budget deal last
month, the Bush administration and
congressional leaders agreed to take
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