fresno elections 2008

The biggest mistake of the Bush administration has been its failed management of the war in Iraq. It has been clear for some time now that our brave men and women serving in Iraq are sacrificing in a war their commander-in-chief has no clear, realistic plan to win with no end in sight.
Not long after the invasion of Iraq I wrote to President Bush asking him to clearly define our military's mission in Iraq and to explain his eventual exit strategy. To this day I have still not received a response from the President. The US invasion of Iraq has been extremely costly to our country in blood, treasure, and international standing.
The Bush administration’s greatest accomplishment was attempting to implement the recommendation of the 9/11 Commission to create the cabinet level position of Director of National Intelligence (DNI). It is vital that our intelligence gathering activities are centralized under one director and pertinent information is shared with the relevant agencies. Unfortunately President Bush declined to give the DNI budgetary authority over all intelligence activities and our intelligence gathering agencies are not as centralized as they need to be to ensure our security.