Lou Dobbs Tonight
Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Tonight, Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker are on
Capitol Hill testifying on the Iraq war. We’ll have all the
details, plus:

* Veterans Affairs employees are under scrutiny for using
official credit cards for lavish hotel stays and luxury goods.
Last year, the Department made over 3 million purchases with
credit cards and spent over $2.5 billion. We’ll have the
details on the wasteful spending at the Veterans Affairs
Department on the taxpayer’s dime.

* Last week, the Department of Homeland Security announced it
will bypass dozens of environmental and land use rules to meet
its deadline for border fence construction. Now, fourteen House
Democrats pledged to file a legal brief challenging the move.
Separately, the Sierra Club is petitioning the Supreme Court to
declare the plan unconstitutional. We’ll have the latest
developments.

* The party’s over for American consumers. The cheap imported
goods Americans are addicted to are becoming more expensive
because of inflation in the developing world. Gas prices show
no signs of cooling, sucking billions each week directly out of
the pockets of American consumers. And many Americans owe more
on their homes than the homes are worth.

* The city of Chicago has put a “for saleâ€