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Showing frustration with war, Chambliss opposes Army chief
WASHINGTON (AP) -
Republican Saxby Chambliss
of Georgia showed his frus
tration with the Iraq war
Tuesday when he was among
just three senators to oppose
promoting the former top
general in Iraq to Army chief
of staff.
In a vote by the Senate
Armed Services Committee,
Chambliss joined
Republicans John McCain of
Arizona and John Ensign
of Nevada in opposing
President Bush’s nomina
tion of Gen. George Casey.
Casey nonetheless won com
mittee approval with a 14-
3 vote, and his nomination
now goes to the full Senate.
“Gen. Casey has been
the top commander on the
ground in Iraq, and frank
ly under his leadership we
haven’t done so well in the
last two and a half years,”
Chambliss said in a phone
interview' after the vote. “I
just don’t think the opera
tion has gone very well
under his leadership.”
Randall Strahan, apolitical
scientist at Emory University
who studies Congress, said
the vote illustrates the pre
dicament many Republicans
face over the war.
“It’s an interesting indica
tion of where we are politi
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cally that a senator as con
servative as Chambliss in
a state as conservative as
Georgia is beyond giving an
open-ended endorsement
of the president’s policies,”
Strahan said.
“I wouldn’t interpret it as
some kind of political pos
turing, because politically
(Chambliss) is in a relatively
secure position,” Strahan
added. “I think it’s a genu
inely difficult position for
these senators who want to
register their criticism of the
conduct of the war while at
the same time being sup
portive of the president and
so on.”
Chambliss said he met
privately with Casey several
times in Iraq in recent years,
asking if the military needed
reinforcements.
“In every instance, he told
me that they had enough
troops, that they did not need
more troops,” Chambliss
said.
But Casey then voiced sup
port for President Bush’s call
last month for some 21,500
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new forces.
Chambliss said he “didn’t
get a good answer” on why
the general changed his mind
and that Casey gave “very
weak testimony” before the
committee.
“I think he just didn’t do
a very good job of explain
ing what he brings to the
table now,” Chambliss said.
“I think it’s critically impor
tant. that we have strong
leadership. I didn't think we
needed old ideas.”
During hearings on his
nomination, Casey defended
his record as the top com
mander in Iraq, saying he
remained true to his original
commitment to request the
number of troops he thought
he needed to accomplish his
mission. He said Bush’s new
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strategy can work and that
the war can be won, but only
with patience and will.
Chambliss, a former House
member and first-term sena
tor from Moultrie who is
up for re-election next year,
has been a staunch Bush
ally since the president took
office in 2000.
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ELBERT L. MCCLUNG
WARNER ROBINS - Retired Air
Force Col. Elbert L. “Mac” McClung,
84, passed away Monday at Serenity
Gate Hospice. Funeral services will be
held at 11 a.m. today in the chapel of
McCullough Funeral Home. The fam
ily will greet friends one hour prior
to the service. Interment will he in
Arlington National Cemetery at a later date.
Perdue announces new plant
ATLANTA (AP) - A
Colorado company that says
it will convert timber scraps
into motor fuel plans to
spend $225 million on an
innovative plant in middle
Georgia, Gov. Sonny Perdue
announced Wednesday.
Range Fuels, Inc., an ener
gy company focused on creat
ing environmentally friendly
fuel sources, plans to build
Georgia’s first wood-based
ethanol plant in Soperton
- a hub of Georgia’s timber
industry that promotes itself
as the Million Pine City.
“This project will mean
that instead of sending
money for oil over to the
Middle East or south to
Venezuela, we can invest in
our own state,” said Perdue,
speaking to a meeting of
the Georgia Agribusiness
Council.
Mitch Mandich, CEO of
Range Fuels, said the plant
would he the first in the
nation to commercially pro
duce ethanol from wood.
He said the plant will have
the capacity to produce at
least 10 million gallons of
ethanol a year once it is run
ning.
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and other products left over
from Georgia’s current tim
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“feeder stock” for 2 billion
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requires a great deal of inno
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Perdue backs legislation
introduced two weeks ago in
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approved by lawmakers last
year.
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