Are U.S. troops in Iraq desperate for lack of money?
MS. PERINO: Well, I think that the Department of Defense has articulated the measures that they’d have to take because they don’t have the money, and those have been well laid out by the Department of Defense. And they said that this is very difficult for the troops. It’s difficult for the Department of Defense to move money around. And it’s really unfortunate that the political debate is getting in the way of allowing the troops to have what they need. I think the political debate is going to happen, regardless, but as the President said, the troops shouldn’t be caught in the middle. Q Dana, back on Sudan. MS. PERINO: Okay. Q For decades, there’s been fighting. Sanctions have already been placed against the Sudanese government. What more can new sanctions do, realistically, if they’ve already been in this spiraling conflict and sanctions and disapproval for years? What more will this do? MS. PERINO: Well, I think that we’ve shown that, as a diplomatic tool, economic sanctions can be v
