Fifth 'Anniversary' of Kucinich Warnings, Speech on War With Iraq

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Source: PRNewswire

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Five years ago tomorrow
(Wednesday, October 3), Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich stood on the floor
of the U.S. House of Representatives to deliver an impassioned,
point-by-point refutation of the Bush Administration's arguments seeking
passage of the Iraq War Resolution.

For days leading up to that moment, Kucinich also widely circulated his
own independently conducted analysis of the "intelligence" that the
Administration had presented to Congress in support of the resolution.

Eight days later, despite the warnings of Kucinich and 132 other
members of the House whom he had managed to persuade to oppose this prelude
to war, the majority of the House and the majority of the Senate gave the
President the war powers he sought.

Among those supporting the "Authorization for Use of Military Force
Against Iraq Resolution of 2002" were Senators Hillary Clinton, John
Edwards, Chris Dodd, and Joe Biden, all of whom spoke forcefully in favor
of the President's strategy - all four of whom are now Democratic
Presidential candidates. All four subsequently approved additional measures
for supplemental appropriations to fund the war, as did Democratic Senator
Barack Obama after he was elected to the Senate in 2004.

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We've been at War for 5 years now, and no end in sight. Thanks congressional leaders for dotting the "i"'s and crossing the "t"'s with respect toward Executive Branch intelligence and privilege, and for enabling the Unitary Executive that's undermined our constitution.