Democrats Hoping for White House Cooperation on Iraq Documents

By Anne Plummer / April 21, 2004 at 5:00 AM
While acknowledging concerns with the Bush administration's approach to classifying and releasing documents related to Iraq, Senate Democrats do not plan to use the defense spending bills to force their release, two said today. At issue this week is a report by an Army general that assesses U.S. progress in building Iraqi security forces. In a hearing yesterday, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said he could not promise the document will be delivered to Congress as requested. In a telephone...

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