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Kucinich: Why Wait for Diplomatic Engagement?
Feb 3, 2010
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Washington D.C. (February 3, 2010) -- Defense Secretary Gates has called the Taliban part of the “political fabric” of Afghanistan. The Financial Times has recently reported that General Stanley McChrystal, the NATO commander in Afghanistan, ‘raised the prospect that his troop surge will lead to a n...
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Kucinich Speaks Against War Appropriations Bill:
Dec 15, 2009
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Following a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today released the following statement:“The word is that with over 15 million Americans out of work and desperately in need of extended unemployment benefits, Congress will put unemployment compensat...
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Kucinich: Iran Sanctions are Counterproductive
Dec 15, 2009
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Following his vote against H.R. 2194 - Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act of 2009, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today released the following statement outlining his opposition: “I strongly oppose the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act of 2009. This legislation obstructs the Obama Adminis...
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Congressman Kucinich’s Response to President Obama’s “Just War” Doctrine
Dec 11, 2009
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“Yesterday, our president mused about the inevitability of war, war’s instrumentality in the pursuit of peace and just wars. It is important for us to reflect on his words, because once we believe in the inevitability of war, war becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. "Once we are committed to war’s i...
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Kucinich Challenges Linking Unemployment Benefits to War Spending:
Dec 10, 2009
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Following a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today released the following statement:“According to the Center for Economic and Policy Research, the sharp increase in war spending is taking up a greater portion of our Gross Domestic Product, whic...
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Kucinich Circulating Privileged Resolutions to End Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Dec 9, 2009
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Washington D.C. (December 9, 2009) – Following a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today released the following statement:“Today, I will begin circulating two privileged resolutions which will trigger debate and votes on a timely withdrawal of U....
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Kucinich: Are we in Afghanistan to fight or to fund the Taliban?
Dec 8, 2009
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Following a speech on the Floor of the House of Representative, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today made the following statement: “U.S. contractors are paying U.S. tax dollars to the Taliban in order to protect the delivery of U.S. shipments of U.S. goods to U.S. soldiers so that our soldiers c...
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Kucinich: The War is a Threat to Our National Security
Dec 3, 2009
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Following a speech on the Floor of the House of Representative, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today made the following statement: “America is in the fight of its life and that fight is not in Afghanistan -- its here. We are deeply in debt. Our GDP is down. Our manufacturing is down. Our savings...
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Kucinich: Afghans want to be Saved from Us, Not by Us
Dec 2, 2009
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Following a speech on the Floor of the House of Representative, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today made the following statement: “Why are we still in Afghanistan? Al-Qaeda has been routed. Our occupation fuels a Taliban insurgency. The more troops we send, the more resistance we meet. If w...
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Kucinich: Truth, Human Dignity and the Goldstone Report
Nov 3, 2009
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Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today made the following statement on the House Floor about H. Res 867, which condemns the ‘Goldstone Report’ or the Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict: “Today we journey from Operation Cast Lead to Operation Cast Doubt. Almost a...
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