No, not Joe The Plumber, but grateful Joe Lieberman. Joe, since your were allowed to keep your chairmanship on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and since you are such warm friends with President Bush, what do you say you take a stroll over there and speak to him about why Congress hasn’t seen (or ahem been asked to sign off on) an official translation of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with Iraq.

I mean heck, the Iraqi government got to negotiate and vote on it, so why don’t lawmakers here get to see Bush and Co.’s handy work? It affects our troops, and potentially (we don’t know for sure, since we don’t have an official version) leaves our troops potentially liable to answer in an Iraqi court, so why is this being held so close to the vest? What is the secret? And why Joe, aren’t you looking into it? This is the work of your committee, the committee you were so damned desperate to hold on to your chairmanship of, so get on it already, will ya’ Joe?

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