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an article you won't see the Californian run!!!
 Pencil her out: Sen. Dianne Feinstein resigned after six years on the Military Contruction Appropriations subcommittee. Feinstein ResignsSenator exits MILCON following Metro exposé, vet-care scandal By Peter Byrne
SEN. Dianne Feinstein has resigned from the Military Construction Appropriations subcommittee. As previously and extensively reviewed in these pages, Feinstein was chairperson and ranking member of MILCON for six years, during which time she had a conflict of interest due to her husband Richard C. Blum's ownership of two major defense contractors, who were awarded billions of dollars for military construction projects approved by Feinstein. As MILCON leader, Feinstein relished the details of military construction, even micromanaging one project at the level of its sewer design. She regularly took junkets to military bases around the world to inspect construction projects, some of which were contracted to her husband's companies, Perini Corp. and URS Corp. Perhaps she resigned from MILCON because she could not take the heat generated by Metro's expose of her ethics (which was partially funded by the Investigative Fund of the Nation Institute). Or was her work on the subcommittee finished because Blum divested ownership of his military construction and advanced weapons manufacturing firms in late 2005? The MILCON subcommittee is not only in charge of supervising military construction, it also oversees "quality of life" issues for veterans, which includes building housing for military families and operating hospitals and clinics for wounded soldiers. Perhaps Feinstein is trying to disassociate herself from MILCON's incredible failure to provide decent medical care for wounded soldiers. Two years ago, before the Washington Post became belatedly involved, the online magazine Salon.com exposed the horrors of deficient medical care for Iraq war veterans. While leading MILCON, Feinstein had ample warning of the medical-care meltdown. But she was not proactive on veteran's affairs. Feinstein abandoned MILCON as her ethical problems were surfacing in the media, and as it was becoming clear that her subcommittee left grievously wounded veterans to rot while her family was profiting from the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. It turns out that Blum also holds large investments in companies that were selling medical equipment and supplies and real estate leases—often without the benefit of competitive bidding—to the Department of Veterans Affairs, even as the system of medical care for veterans collapsed on his wife's watch. As of December 2006, according to SEC filings and www.fedspending.org, three corporations in which Blum's financial entities own a total of $1 billion in stock won considerable favor from the budgets of the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs:
You would think that, considering all the money Feinstein's family has pocketed by waging global warfare while ignoring the plight of wounded American soldiers, she would show a smidgeon of shame and resign from the entire Senate, not just a subcommittee. Conversely, you'd think she might stick around MILCON to try and fix the medical-care disaster she helped to engineer for the vets who were suckered into fighting her and Bush's panoply of unjust wars.
she's lucky she hasn't been the subject of an FBI investigation yet.... Duke Cunningham did far less than this political whore, and he is in jail....where's the equality?? 6 comments from 6 users
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posted by
adampayne
on Mar 27, 2008 at 02:50 PM
"Perhaps she resigned from MILCON because she could not take the heat generated by Metro's expose of her ethics (which was partially funded by the Investigative Fund of the Nation Institute). Or was her work on the subcommittee finished because Blum divested ownership of his military construction and advanced weapons manufacturing firms in late 2005?" It would be great if guys like you actually got a fact straight. Senator Feinstein flipped committee assignments to take on National Parks, which California obviously has a great stake in, back in January 2007. She did not resign over any allegations of impropriety. I'm not a big Feinstein fan, but you should try a little harder on getting the facts straight before you shout so loudly. You know, this guy couldn't even get this printed in The Nation, who gave him a grant to research the piece. Oh, I really like your mug shot. Did your wife take the video of you mugging for the camera? posted by
randomfactor
on Mar 27, 2008 at 02:51 PM
Next step, I hope, is for her to retire as a Senator and we can get a Democrat elected in her place. I'll certainly never vote for her again, since she's supported Shrub on way too many occasions. . You *DO* know this happened a year ago, right? And that Duke Cunningham accepted bribes? posted by
jasonsperber
on Mar 27, 2008 at 02:57 PM
Not to quibble about details, since I don't even work in the newsroom and have nothing to do with those kinds of decisions at all, but I went looking for a link to the original since it wasn't provided, and found the original publication date was a year ago this month. So, just from a standpoint of timeliness, that'd be a reason any paper wouldn't run this at this point in time. Now, I know that's not what is really being said--that we wouldn't run this kind of story because of politics. Like I said, I can't speak to that, so I'll pass this post on to folks in the newsroom. posted by
sagefever
on Mar 27, 2008 at 03:01 PM
Give then enough rope....and I hope they take up macrame. You "win " for most visually displeasing avatar. posted by
johnburnssucks
on Mar 27, 2008 at 08:34 PM
Next step, I hope, is for her to retire as a Senator and we can get a Democrat elected in her place. I'll certainly never vote for her again, since she's supported Shrub on way too many occasions. I like Dianne. Always have, She doesn't just try to represent Democrats, she tries to represent everyone in the state. I sent her an email promising to vote for her in 2006 if she voted for the border fence, which she did. The type of senator that you like represents the state of Washington. Duke Cunningham did far less than this political whore, and he is in jail....where's the equality?? Duke Cunningham is a checklist conservative; he doesn't deserve equality. He's in jail because that's where the fool belongs. posted by
learnem
on Mar 28, 2008 at 10:57 AM
didnt expect any less from a group of liberals...and accepting bribes...like jefferson from LA did?
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