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Article: Democratic Policy Committee Holds Second in Series of Oversight Hearings on Planning and Conduct of Iraq War ; Iraq Veterans, Former Senior Advisor to Interior Ministry Criticize Administration's Failed Plan to Rebuild Iraqi Police Force

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October 12, 2006
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Contact: Jim Manley or Rebecca Kirszner, 202-224-2939, both for Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, Barry Piatt for Sen. Byron Dorgan, 202-224-2551

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today the Senate Democratic Policy Committee (DPC) held the second in a new series of oversight hearings on the planning and conduct of the war in Iraq. The hearing featured testimony by three Iraq veterans and a former National Security Advisor to the Iraqi Ministry of Interior. Witnesses at the hearing cited the Administration's failure to provide sufficient resources to train and equip the Iraqi Police Service, a failure which allowed the insurgency to take root and gave rise to corrupt ...

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