Rep. Jane Harman's tone earlier today on MSNBC echoed this afternoon over on CNN, where she chatted with Wolf Blitzer about her recent trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Rather than sending 30,000 to 40,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan, the president should use his "leverage" to get the Karzai government to clean up its "rampant corruption," the El Segundo-based Democrat said.
"This kind of corruption is intolerable," Harman said.
Blitzer asked a couple times about when the government should pull out U.S. troops, but Harman avoided suggesting any deadline.
As an aside, the pair also talked a bit about Maj. Nidal Hasan, the alleged Ft. Hood gunman. Harman was reluctant to call him a terrorist, but said Hasan's alleged crime was an "act of terrorism."
When I can find some video, I'll post it.
Rather than sending 30,000 to 40,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan, the president should use his "leverage" to get the Karzai government to clean up its "rampant corruption," the El Segundo-based Democrat said.
"This kind of corruption is intolerable," Harman said.
Blitzer asked a couple times about when the government should pull out U.S. troops, but Harman avoided suggesting any deadline.
As an aside, the pair also talked a bit about Maj. Nidal Hasan, the alleged Ft. Hood gunman. Harman was reluctant to call him a terrorist, but said Hasan's alleged crime was an "act of terrorism."
When I can find some video, I'll post it.
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