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Departments War in Iraq Congressional hearing on Iraq planned by David Swanson April 25, 2006 Congresswomen Lynn Woolsey and Barbara Lee will host a hearing on the Iraq War next Thursday, April 27, in 2325 Rayburn House Office Building (with an overflow room planned for anyone wanting to attend who can't fit in). The two Co-Chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus are continuing to do what the "leadership" of both parties does not, respond to the demands of the majority of Americans, who disapprove of current policy. Woolsey and Lee are expected to give introductory remarks, as is former CIA officer and current Georgetown University Professor Paul Pillar whose article in the March/April issue of Foreign Affairs magazine, "Intelligence, Policy, and the War in Iraq," severely criticized the misuse of intelligence before, during and after the March 2003 invasion. There will then be two panels, the first consisting of two Iraqi women and two U.S. veterans of the Iraq War, the second consisting of members of Congress who have introduced bills aimed at ending the war. Then there will a Question and Answers session involving the audience. So, bring your tough questions! Invited panelists include Reps. Neil Abercrombie, Walter Jones, Barbara Lee, Jim McGovern, Jack Murtha, Mike Thompson, and Senators Russ Feingold and John Kerry. Congresswoman Woolsey's office is inviting bloggers and videographers to attend. Contact her DC office to get on that list. Contact other Congress Members and Senators to urge them to attend! This hearing is a follow-up to the one Woolsey hosted last September 15th. (See http://www.woolseyforpeace.org ) The purpose is to try to bring Congress closer to where the public so strongly is. While Bush has announced that the occupation of Iraq will last as long as his occupation of the White House, a majority of Americans disagree and want to see our government working on ending the war. But the House Armed Services Committee has refused to hold hearings on the matter. If the media lets the larger public know about this event (I understand that Pacifica radio is considering whether or not to air it live), people will hear – many of them for the first time – the voices of both vets who oppose the war and Iraqis affected by the war, affected in ways most of us cannot imagine until we hear their incredible stories. We will also hear the voices of that minority in Congress that responds to the majority outside of Congress. I'll be there and will be blogging at http://www.afterdowningstreet.org Hope you can make it. Email this article to a friend |
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Robert C. Koehler
"If they vote for war, occupy 'em!"
December 15, 2006
Mike Ferner
"The Baker Boys: stay half the course. Iraq Study Group or Saudi Protection League?"
December 8, 2006
Greg Palast
"Permanent bases and temporary presidents"
December 8, 2006
David Swanson
"Found: Saddam's weapon of mass destruction"
December 6, 2006
Greg Palast
"Honesty in Iraq"
December 6, 2006
David Swanson
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November 19, 2006
Mari Jo Muser
"To the victors belongs impunity: of incorrigible transgressors, tacit complicity, and Lady Justice’s conspicuous absence"
November 15, 2006
Jason Miller
"The plan Bush is looking for"
November 5, 2006
David Swanson
"Oneonta"
November 1, 2006
David Swanson
"Rumsfeld and Saddam: partners in crimes against humanity"
October 26, 2006
David Swanson
"A few corpses past 'whatever'"
October 19, 2006
Robert C. Koehler
"Breaking the silence of the night "
October 19, 2006
Ron Kovic
"Let humanity's mutiny begin!"
August 14, 2006
Mike Ferner
"So Osama walks into this bar, see?"
August 14, 2006
Greg Palast
"AWOL Sergeant to turn himself in today resisting illegal Iraq war"
August 11, 2006
David Swanson
"The best thing in the world for big oil"
August 4, 2006
Bobby Kennedy and Palast
"Pentagon calling up military reservists who are ill"
July 16, 2006
Gene C. Gerard
"Wounded to the soul"
July 16, 2006
Robert C. Koehler
"Class action for wounded Iraq war veterans and family members"
July 8, 2006
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"Command rape"
July 7, 2006
David Swanson
"Hadji girl"
July 5, 2006
Robert C. Koehler, Tribune Media Services
"First commissioned officer to refuse deployment to unlawful Iraq war officially charged by U.S. Army"
July 5, 2006
Friends and family of Lt. Ehren Watada
"Despite it being the worst military blunder in U.S history, the GOP sees Iraq war as campaign opportunity. Am I missing something?"
June 26, 2006
The Ostroy Report
"Rove outlines Busheviks' Iraq strategy to win midterms: lie again about Dems being weak on terrorism"
June 14, 2006
The Ostroy Report
"Unreported: The Zarqawi invitation"
June 11, 2006
Greg Palast
"Let's stay in Iraq until it's peaceful or we're sane, whichever comes first"
June 6, 2006
David Swanson
"More -- lots more"
June 6, 2006
Mike Ferner
"Why the ‘War Resisters Support Campaign’ in Canada is important to the U.S. anti-war movement"
June 6, 2006
Virginia Rodino
"Corporate Media symptom number 13: Play along, get along."
June 6, 2006
Tim Copeland
"Gold Star mother urges Americans to sign the voters pledge no more pro-war candidates, no more wars of choice"
May 27, 2006
Tia Steele
"43,000 reasons not to attack Iran"
May 25, 2006
David Swanson
"Cindy Sheehan's new book: Dear President Bush"
May 15, 2006
David Swanson
"Atheists for Peace"
May 7, 2006
David Swanson
"Lobbying Hitler's legislature for peace"
May 5, 2006
David Swanson
"The war looks different from inside Congress"
April 27, 2006
David Swanson
"Congressional hearing on Iraq planned"
April 25, 2006
David Swanson
"State Department memo: '16 Words' were false"
April 19, 2006
Jason Leopold
"America’s "noble" cause: preserving its right to murder, exploit, torture, and impoverish with impunity"
April 10, 2006
Jason Miller
"Bush's "New Kind of Democracy" for Iraq"
March 30, 2006
The Ostroy Report
"Justice -- not war -- in the Philippines protests Iraq war at military recruitment center"
March 24, 2006
Network in Solidarity with the People of the Philippines
"Columbus, Ohio March 18th protest footage"
March 21, 2006
Columbus IMC
"Homeland dreamland"
March 17, 2006
David Swanson
"War protesters gather for anniversary"
March 16, 2006
Jessica Kitchin
"Antiwar activists arrested at House Appropriations Committee meeting "
March 10, 2006
Mike Ferner and Jeff Leys
"Three years on"
March 6, 2006
Tom Huffman
"Get this: U.S. troops believe in Bush's Iraq fiasco as much as Cindy Sheehan"
March 1, 2006
The Ostroy Report
"Torture, and a little matter of genocide"
March 1, 2006
Jason Miller
"Death in U.S. custody"
February 26, 2006
William Fisher
"There are lives in the balance"
February 24, 2006
Mike Ferner
"Winter of our discontent: 34-day fast February 15 to March 20 at U.S. Capitol to end the Iraq war"
February 14, 2006
Mike Ferner
"How you -- yes you -- can end the war"
February 14, 2006
David Swanson
"Hole in the future"
February 3, 2006
Robert C. Koehler, Tribune Media Services
"Phony UN airplanes to provoke war"
February 2, 2006
David Swanson
"Prosecutor probing Niger forgeries, possible conspiracy in CIA leak"
January 28, 2006
Jason Leopold
"Today in Iraq for perspective, commentary and news"
January 10, 2006
Kevin Zeese
"Active-duty military support for Bush and the Iraq war dropping"
January 6, 2006
Kevin B. Zeese
"Greed and gall: asking Iraq to pay for its occupation"
January 4, 2006
David Swanson
"Top ten anti-war news stories of 2005 and the underreported stories of the year"
January 2, 2006
Kevin Zeese
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