Rockefeller says Iraq is draining funds
{{date|January 23, 2007}}
[[Image:Jay Rockefeller official photo.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Senator {{w|Jay Rockefeller}} ([[Democratic Party (US)|D]])]]
Senator {{w|Jay Rockefeller}} ([[Democratic Party (US)|D]]), great-grandson of oil tycoon {{w|John D. Rockefeller}} and chairman of the {{w|US Senate|Senate}} {{w|Senate Intelligence Committee|Intelligence Committee}}, said that {{w|George W. Bush|President Bush}}'s "[[Iraq War|Iraq adventure]]" was draining funds from homeland security and other domestic priorities such as education, health care, the environment.
 
{{w|Jay Rockefeller|Rockefeller}} also added that he was concerned that the {{w|George W. Bush administration|Bush administration}} was going towards a military confrontation with {{w|Iran}}.  He said, "Do I think it's possible that the president could get us involved marginally or even more fully in Iran as a way of distracting us from the war on terror, and from Iraq, as a way of getting past the elections in 2008?  I don't want to believe that. But after what I have been through with him … yes, I worry about it enormously."

== Related news ==
*{{wikinews|title=Republican Senators oppose more troops in Iraq|date=January 23, 2007}}

== Sources ==

*{{source|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2814263
|title=Rockefeller: Iraq Drains Security Funds
|author=Katherine Shrader
|pub=ABC News
|date=Jan 23, 2007}}

*{{source|url=http://www.wvgazette.com/section/News/2007012118
|title=Jay: Iran policy dangerous
|author=Phil Kabler
|pub=The Charleston Gazette
|date=Jan 23, 2007}}

*{{source|url=http://www.channel3000.com/news/10818308/detail.html
|title=Military Reports 2 More U.S. Deaths In Iraq
|author=
|pub=Channel 3000
|date=January 23, 2007}}

*{{source|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,245360,00.html
|title=Sens. Biden, Levin on 'FNS
|author=Chris Wallace
|pub=Fox News
|date=Jan 22, 2007}}

*{{source-pr|url=http://www.senate.gov/~rockefeller/news/2007/pr011107b.html
|title=Rockefeller Statement On President's Plan To Increase Troops In Iraq
|author=
|pub=Jay Rockefeller
|date=January 11, 2007}}

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