Is Congress Being Denied Access To The Generals Making Afghan War Policy?

Republican Lawmaker Says He Was Denied Access To McChrystal -- The Hill

A Republican member on the House Armed Services Committee is claiming he was denied access to Gen. Stanley McChrystal on a recent fact-finding trip to Afghanistan.

Rep. Jeff Miller’s (R-Fla.) accusation comes as President Barack Obama is close to announcing whether he will endorse McChrystal's recommendation of sending about 40,000 additional troops to the war-torn country.

Since McChrystal's proposed solution to the escalating conflict in Afghanistan was leaked to the media in late September, some Republicans have grumbled that the Defense Department has curbed McChrystal's availability to lawmakers who support his request for more reinforcements.

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My Comment: One can agree and/or disagree with the politics of Rep. Jeff Miller (R-Fla.), but he sits on both the Armed Services panel and the Intelligence Committee .... and it is his right and responsibility to meet whoever he wants to meet in the military or intelligence community.

Denying him his rights as a duly elected Congressman opens a Pandoras box that we do not want to be opened.