WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Lynn Woolsey (D-Petaluma) is calling on Members of Congress and the President to work together to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq, while helping the Iraqis regain control over their country and their future.

What:  Bipartisan Congressional Forum on How to Bring the Troops Home

When:  Thursday, September 15, 2005
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Who:   U.S. Representative Lynn Woolsey
Other Members of Congress

Witnesses include:
U.S. Senator Max Cleland, former member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, former Director of the Veterans Administration and Vietnam veteran.

General Joseph Hoar (Ret. USMC), former Commander in Chief of U.S. Central Command.

Ambassador David Mack, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Near East, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, and current Vice President of the Middle East Institute.

Dr. Ken Katzman, Middle East analyst and Iraq specialist at the Congressional Research Service.

Antonia Chayes, Director of the Project on International Institutions and Conflict Management at Harvard Law School.  Visiting Professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and former Under Secretary of the Air Force during the Carter Administration.

Anas Shallal, founder of  “Iraqi-Americans for Peaceful Alternatives.”
 
Where:  122 Cannon House Office Building
Capitol Hill, Washington, DC

Rep. Lynn Woolsey, the first Member of Congress to call on the President to develop and implement a plan to bring U.S. troops out of Iraq, has requested hearings in the U.S. House International Relations Committee and the U.S. House Armed Services Committee to discuss plans to bring the troops home while helping the Iraqis regain control over their country and their future.

Since her requests of the President and the Republican controlled Congress have been ignored, Congresswoman Woolsey is organizing an informal “forum” to discuss strategies to achieve military disengagement while still playing a constructive role in the rebuilding of Iraqi society.