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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-16-05 09:55 PM
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Democrats' Hearing Calls for Bringing Troops Home from Iraq
Edited on Fri Sep-16-05 09:56 PM by NNN0LHI
http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/10307/

By Joey Lomicky - Though they congregated in a small, cramped room of the Cannon House Office Building, the issue at hand was far bigger.


Washington, D.C. - Scripps Howard Foundation Wire - infoZine - For more than three hours Thursday, 30 members of Congress participated in an informal hearing, called by Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Calif., to support a military exit from Iraq. Frustrated that she could not get Republicans to schedule such a discussion before either the Armed Services or International Relations committees, she said she organized her own discussion to "break the silence on Capitol Hill."

"So we've taken matters into our own hands," she said. "There's been very little...
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FloridaPat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-16-05 09:58 PM
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1. Before * I never wrote letters or even knew who my congress people were.
Now I am learning the good ones from the bad ones. Writing letters - although I haven't written any since the Iraq invasion. I want my country back.
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-16-05 10:16 PM
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2. I have not stopped
I am sure DiFi is starting to hate me too

;-)

Boxer is a good one as well as my lcoal
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TheStates Donating Member (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-16-05 11:22 PM
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4. Well I hope these hearings can get bigger.....
Hopefully it breaks open soon.
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