Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich

  • Kucinich, Paul and Holt Introduce Bipartisan Resolution to Compel White House to Release Legal Justification for Drone Strikes
    Nov 28, 2012  - Congressmen Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Ron Paul (R-TX) and Rush Holt Jr. (D-NJ) today introduced H. Res. 819, a resolution of inquiry to compel the Administration to release documents which it reportedly uses as the legal justification for the use of drones to assassinate people abroad, including Unite... More
  • Kucinich Announces Congressional Briefing on U.S. Combat Drone Program
    Nov 3, 2012  - Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today released the following video criticizing the lack of oversight in the United States’ combat drones program. Kucinich also announced plans to hold a Congressional briefing on the drone program on November 16, 2012. See the video here. “The Washington Post rece... More
  • The Kill Matrix
    Oct 24, 2012  - Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today released the following statement opposing the codification and the streamlining of the United States’ “Kill Matrix” which determines when and where the United States uses drones to conduct targeted killings. Kucinich added, “state-sponsored murder has killed ... More
  • Weapons of Mass Distraction
    Oct 10, 2012  - See video of this statement here. Ten years ago, on October 10, 2002, the United States House of Representatives made one of the most calamitous mistakes of a generation. Congress, with willful blindness, voted to attack, invade and occupy a sovereign, oil-rich nation in the Middle East that did not... More
  • “Imagine: America Trillions Richer, Our Sons and Daughters Returned to Us, America at Peace in the Middle East with Moral Standing to Lead the World”
    Oct 3, 2012  - The official anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War falls on the day the first bombs dropped: March 20, 2003. But for those of us who served in the United States Congress who cast a vote to decide life or death for millions of people, the tenth anniversary begins today. Ten years ago today, Co... More
  • Iraq: Ten Years, a Million Lives and Trillions of Dollars Later
    Oct 2, 2012  - Ten years ago today the debate over the Iraq War came to Congress in the form of a resolution promoted by the Bush Administration. The war in Iraq will cost the United States as much as $5 trillion. It played a role in spurring the global financial crisis. Four thousand, four hundred, eighty eight A... More
  • Kucinich Backs Investigation of Slaughter of Endangered Elephants in Africa
    Sep 10, 2012  - Washington D.C. (September 10, 2012) – Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) wrote to the Ambassador of the Republic of Uganda requesting cooperation with an investigation into the slaughter of twenty-two elephants in the Garamba National Park. It is unclear who committed the slaughter, which occurred ... More
  • Kucinich Legislation Reins in NATO, Reclaims Constitutional War Powers of Congress
    Aug 13, 2012  - Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) is today urging Members of Congress to support legislation, H.R. 6290, to prevent future presidents from using the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to circumvent Congress’ constitutional authority to declare war. “NATO has become a sock puppet to conduct m... More
  • Israeli Comptroller Confirms Mistakes Were Made Regarding the Mavi Marmara Flotilla Raid
    Jun 14, 2012  - A report by the Israeli state comptroller criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his handling of the commando raid on the Mavi Marmara in 2010, which resulted in the death of nine people. The report found that Prime Minister Netanyahu failed to heed multiple warnings from top officials in ... More
  • Kucinich Leads Congress in Demanding Accountability and Transparency for Drone Strikes
    May 31, 2012  - Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) has opposed the use of combat drones against suspected terrorists abroad since the first known attack in 2004. In February 2006, he asked the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency to suspend the use of Predator drones citing the “high toll in innocent civilia... More