Clark: Bush more concerned with ‘political security’ than national security TOM RAUM, Associated Press Writer

Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark on Tuesday criticized the timing of an investigation of former Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill and suggested President Bush was more concerned with ”political security” than national security.

Campaigning in New Hampshire two weeks before its primary election, Clark called for a full congressional investigation into why the United States went to war in Iraq.

“We don’t know what the motivation was. We just don’t know. We’ve spent $180 billion on it, we’ve lost 480 Americans, we’ve got 2,500 with life-changing injuries,” the retired general told reporters. …

Clark contrasted the speed of the O’Neill investigation with the slow pace of an inquiry into who last summer divulged the name of a CIA official whose husband had criticized the president’s Iraq policy.

“They didn’t wait 24 hours in initiating an investigation on Paul O’Neill,” Clark said. “They’re not concerned about national security. But they’re really concerned about political security. I think they’ve got their priorities upside down.“