Progressive Minds

Color me surprised!  George Bush is in violation of another federal law.

He was mandated by the United States Congress to estimate the future costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, with the only exception being if the Administration determines estimates cannot be provided because of national security reasons.

Here is a portion of the law:

The President shall provide to the Congress a report detailing the estimated costs over the period from fiscal year 2006 to 2011 of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, or any related military operations in and around Iraq and Afghanistan, and the estimated costs of reconstruction, internal security, and related economic support to Iraq and Afghanistan… the report referenced above shall be submitted no later than January 1, 2005.

But the Bush Administration has failed to provide Congress with those required estimates.  What's more, they HAVE NOT cited national security as the reason for failing to abide by this law.

Rather, in May 2005 Joshua Bolton (who was then head of the Office of Management and Budget) said that the Pentagon could not compile the estimates because "there are too many variables to predict accurately."

Futher evidence that this Administration has no respect for the law, and no respect for the oversight responsibility of the United States Congress.

Bush Refuses To Estimate Future Costs of Iraq War, Violating Federal Law