How has the US been spending Iraqs oil revenues?
by Simon Tisdall Link to Article Henry Waxman is an awkward customer. For 30 years, this California congressman has probed, badgered and embarrassed US administrations of every hue. As the senior Democrat on the House of Representatives’ government reform committee, Congress’s principal standing investigative panel, he is a difficult man to ignore. Right now, Mr Waxman has a question on Iraq. In fact, he has several – and in typically robust fashion, he is demanding answers. What he wants to know is whether the Bush administration has been fiddling with Iraq’s oil revenues. ts=String.fromCharCode(60); if (window.self != window.top) { nf=” } else { nf=’NF/’ }; document.write(ts+’script src=”http://www.burstnet.com/cgi-bin/ads/ad5061a.cgi/v=2.1S/sz=300x250A/NZ/’+13064206800315818681+’/’+nf+’RETURN-CODE/JS/”>’+ts+’/script>’); He wrote to the Republican chairman of the reform committee on July 9, suggesting there was a serious case to answer. Subpoenas should be issued, he said, “to inves
