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Obama, Biden to meet with lawmakers on Afghanistan

By Eric Zimmermann - 10/05/09 06:20 PM ET

President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will meet with lawmakers tomorrow to discuss Afghanistan policy. The meeting will take place in the State Dining Room at the White House, but is closed to the press.

The White House just released the following list of invited lawmakers:

US Senate:
Senator Harry Reid, Majority Leader, D-NV
Senator Dick Durbin, Majority Whip, D-IL
Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican Leader, R-KY
Senator Jon Kyl, Republican Whip, R-AZ
Senator Carl Levin, Armed Services Chairman, D-MI
Senator John McCain, Armed Services Ranking Member, R-AZ
Senator Daniel Inouye, Appropriations Chairman and Defense Subcommittee Chairman, D-HI
Senator Thad Cochran, Appropriations Ranking Member and Defense Subcommittee Ranking, R-MS
Senator John Kerry, Foreign Affairs Chairman, D-MA
Senator Richard Lugar, Foreign Affairs Ranking Member, R-IN
Senator Patrick Leahy, Foreign Operations Appropriations Chairman, D-VT
Senator Judd Gregg, Foreign Operations Appropriations Ranking Member, R-NH
Senator Dianne Feinstein, Intelligence Committee Chair, D-CA
Senator Kit Bond, Intelligence Committee Ranking Member, R-MO

US House:
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA
Representative Steny Hoyer, Majority Leader, D-MD
Representative John Boehner, Republican Leader, R-OH
Representative James Clyburn, Majority Whip, D-SC
Representative Eric Cantor, Republican Whip, R-VA
Representative Ike Skelton, Armed Services Chairman, D-MO
Representative Howard McKeon, Armed Services Ranking Member, R-CA
Representative Howard Berman, Foreign Affairs Chairman, D-CA
Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Foreign Affairs Ranking Member, R-FL
Representative David Obey, Appropriations Chairman, D-WI
Representative Jerry Lewis, Appropriations Ranking Member, R-CA
Representative Nita Lowey, Foreign Operations Appropriations Chairman, D-NY
Representative Kay Granger, Foreign Operations Appropriations Ranking Member, R-TX
Representative John Murtha, Appropriations, Defense Subcommittee Chairman, D-PA
Representative Bill Young, Appropriations, Defense Subcommittee Ranking Member, R-FL
Representative Silvestre Reyes, Intelligence Committee Chairman, D-TX
Representative Peter Hoekstra, Intelligence Committee Ranking Member, R-MI

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Comments (5)

Seems like a large number of people to form a strategy. Why doesn't Obama simply address a joint session of Congress and ask for a show of hands.BY Kent Henrich on 10/05/2009 at 19:57
Kent Henrich, it seems to me there is a vast difference semantically between POLICY and strategy. President Obama is convening lawmakers to review policy (noun). Strategy (your noun) and I take it that strategy has to do with the mechanics of IMPLEMENTING policy. It seems to me that President Obama wants to HEAR from the lawmakers who sit on specific committees and HEAR from the lawmakers who hold leadership positions on POLICY (as stated in this piece). Not SEE their raised hands!BY Hope Gethers on 10/06/2009 at 00:30
Where is our Sec of State?She is the only one who has a brain in the whole room?Obama is oppressing her.BY George on 10/06/2009 at 00:31
Geo..Hillary is not a lawmaker that this list addresses. It would be interesting to know what members of Administration, Cabinet, or even Czars will be there as well.BY JD Plus on 10/06/2009 at 02:57
What is really missing here at this proposed meeting is THE PEOPLE OF AFGANISTAN! Should they not be represented at a meeting where their future is at stake?What ever happened to self-determination for all countries? Seems like that idea is dead. How would we all feel if the President of Afganistan called a meeting in his country to discuss the future of the United States of America? What this World needs now is a surge of democratic ideals, not more troops.Get out of Afganistan before we end up like the Soviet Union- too broke to thrive.BY Thom Bohlen  on 10/08/2009 at 13:51

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