LevinNDAAvid

Transcript of Sen. Carl Levin in this vid: "I'm wondering whether the Senator is familiar with the fact that the language which precluded" (i.e. PREVENTED) "the application of section 1031 to American citizens was in the bill that we originally approved in the Armed Services Committee and the Administration asked us to remove the language which says that U.S. citizens and lawful residents would not be subject to this section." The language referred to here was in the first draft of the NDAA, section 1031, and basically said the same thing as the 2nd draft but was poorly written and open to an even broader interpretation that would have made it easier to get around the "restriction" against applying it to citizens or legal residents. "Is the senator familiar with the fact that it was the administration that asked us to remove the very language - that we had in the bill which passed the committee - and that we removed it at the request of the Administration - that would have said that this determination would not apply to US citizens and lawful residents I'm just wondering. Is the Senator familiar with the fact that it was the Administration that asked us to remove the very language the absence of which is now objected to by the Senator from Illinois." All this proves is that the language of that section was unacceptable to the Administration at one point in time. It does not prove anything else (though my suspicion is that POTUS did not want ANY restrictions or qualifications in this section, this vid is not PROOF that this was the case). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DNDHbT44cY