The Washington Stakeout

Sen. Patrick Leahy questioned on impeachment

TranscriptSam Husseini: Senator, townspeople all over your state of Vermont have recently voted for impeachment. Do you think that the facts and the constitution, not the politics, but the facts on the Constitution merit at least investigating Bush and Cheney for impeachment? Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT): We have a great deal of investigation going on and you'll see Kyle Samp son, the Assistant to the Attorney General appear before my committee under oath on Thursday this week and I've already...

Iraqi Ambassador questioned on Iraqi opinion, Ir...

TranscriptSam Husseini: A majority of Iraqis in poles seem to want to view the US as negative and to be wanting a timeline for pulling out. What's your view? Iraqi Ambassador to the United States, Samir Al Sumadaie: Well I think that's a reaction. Well, I don't know the exact details of these statistics, but that's a reaction to their lives at the moment. Losing control of their lives, they are subject to a lot of threats. And they see this as a direct result, or the responsibility more accura...

Sen. Hatch on the Democrats and war funding, ref...

Sam Husseini: If Congress exercised its right to cut off funding to really end the Iraq war, do you think that the President would leave the troops in a lurch or wouldn’t he withdrawal them in a responsible fashion? Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT): Well, Congress has the right to cut off funding. The Democrats don’t have the guts to do that and the reason they don’t is because they don’t have the votes either. In fact, its amazing to me that they continue to push this aw...

Sen. Hagel queried about US-supported attacks on...

Sam Husseini: Senator, you’re of course on both on the Foreign Relations and the Intelligence Committee. Reese Erlich, long-time Iraq specialist, and others are reporting that the U.S. is already using Iraq as a staging ground to conduct attacks on Iran. Is that true, to your knowledge, and doesn’t that further escalate tensions in the region? Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE): Well, I am not aware of any pre-planning in Iraq to attack Iran. SH: Ongoing low-level attacks are supposed to...

Feinstein Addresses Cluster Bombs -- Demurs on I...

Cornyn on Possible Iran Attack and Filibuster

Senator Cornyn on the possibity of an Iran Attack and a filibuster.