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Specter, Sestak Duel Over Troop Surge
Politico.com
Forget about style points. There’s now a substantive policy difference over Afghanistan between Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) and Rep. Joe Sestak in the Pennsylvania Senate primary – a contest where foreign policy could now play a central role.
Specter, a former Republican who has received significant support from President Obama since switching parties, was one of the first Democrats to come out against the administration’s proposal to increase the American troop level in Afghanistan.
“I oppose sending 30,000 additional American troops to Afghanistan because I am not persuaded that it is indispensable in our fight against Al Qaeda… if Al Qaeda can operate out of Yemen or Somalia, why fight in Afghanistan where no one has succeeded?” Specter said in a statement.
New Report Highlights Reality Of Specter, Sestak’s Reckless Government Spending Spree
As U.S. Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA) and his primary challenger U.S. Representative Joe Sestak (D-PA) work to move forward the Democrats’ multi-trillion government-run health care plan, a report by the New York Times today details the impending reality of the Democrats’ reckless spending this year.
This comes on the heels of a report from the U.S. Treasury Department this month that the federal deficit was $176 billion for the month of October alone.
According to the Times today:
With the national debt now topping $12 trillion, the White House estimates that the government’s tab for servicing the debt will exceed $700 billion a year in 2019, up from $202 billion this year, even if annual budget deficits shrink drastically. Other forecasters say the figure could be much higher.
In concrete terms, an additional $500 billion a year in interest expense would total more than the combined federal budgets this year for education, energy, homeland security and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
October’s $176 billion deficit means that under the Obama Administration’s policies, the federal government is borrowing money at the staggering rate of $5.6 billion a day, $236 million a hour, and $3.9 million a minute. This means that every second, the federal government is going another $65,000 in debt.
"From the Wall Street bailout, the government’s takeover of General Motors, and the failed stimulus boondoggle, Arlen Specter and Joe Sestak have been using the federal treasury as their personal credit card," said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokeswoman Amber Wilkerson Marchand. "Even now, despite a record debt and rising unemployment, Specter and Sestak want to pass yet another massive government entitlement and spending program for President Obama."
"Unfortunately, it’s ultimately Pennsylvanian taxpayers and the generations after them who will pay the price for Specter and Sestak’s reckless government spending. No matter who makes it to the General Election, Pennsylvania voters will have the opportunity to cut off both Specter and Sestak’s government credit cards and restore checks and balances in Washington next November on Election Day," Wilkerson Marchand concluded.
