Posted by
Team Turk on Tuesday, October 31, 2006 3:45:51 PM
From United Press International:
Experts say the Bush administration will face a number of challenges if the Democrats take over Congress in next week's U.S. mid-term elections.
Current and former government officials predict Congress will take a more active role in U.S. foreign policy and other issues if Democrats prevail on Nov. 7, The Washington Times reported Monday.
"You're going to have much more legislative oomph, and (Congress is) going to be much more active on a whole range of issues," said Kurt Campbell, who served under the Clinton administration as a top Pentagon and National Security Council aide and now directs international security programs at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
"It won't be, 'Oh, that's fine; you go about your business in Iran and just let us know how it's going,' or, 'Tell us about North Korea when you're done with the negotiations,'" he said.
Some Republicans have claimed a Democrat-led Congress would bog down the administration's efforts in the war on terrorism with oversight hearings and investigations into past events.
"I think Americans would prefer our generals to be fighting terrorists as opposed to fighting subpoenas," Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman said.