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a ted. The assignments foisted Webb front-and-center on the hottest of hot button issues of the day: the war in Iraq, relations with China and the breakdown at Walter Reed Medical Center.
So many hearings and closed-door meetings have undoubtedly left him boneweary some days. “The reality of this is Fm only one of two senators on both Foreign Relations, the busiest committee in the Senate, and Armed Services, the second busiest in the Senate,” he said. “I’ve had days when I’ve had four hearings at the same time.”
Two days after Webb was sworn in on Jan. 19, both committees “geared up” on Iraq, and he said he was “expected to play a role” because of his military experience and former policy role at the Pentagon. “For the last three months we have been spending 8m enormous amount of time and energy trying to reshape foreign policy and we’ve done it,” Webb said before catching himself Or at least, “we have the beginnings of doing it.”
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