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More Oversight Needed To Protect U.S. Troops

By Rep. Vic Snyder
Special to Roll Call
June 4, 2004, 1:21 p.m.

I was at a breakfast meeting not long ago where I asked a former commander of U.S. Strategic Command how he found being required to report to Congress. His reply: He dreaded it but found it helpful. Unfortunately, the current House of Representatives fails to conduct serious oversight of the war in Iraq and other defense activities.

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