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Every member of Congress, no matter what their stance on the war in Iraq, should back U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s Resolution of Inquiry demanding all documents pertaining to contracts that the U.S. government has signed with the intent to "sell" the war.
Public relations companies such as the Rendon Group and the Lincoln Group were hired by the administration, and paid tens of millions of dollars from taxpayer funds, to develop and implement a marketing campaign to persuade the American public to support the invasion and occupation of Iraq. It is essential to learn the details of when and how the public debate was warped.
"The taxpayers of this country have a right to know whether or not their tax dollars were, or are, being used to manipulate the news, falsify intelligence or mislead the public," argues Kucinich, an Ohio Democrat who has been an outspoken critic of the war.
The congressman’s Resolution of Inquiry is the appropriate vehicle to provide the needed oversight. A rare House procedure used to obtain documents from the Executive Branch, the resolution which must be acted upon by the House within 14 legislative days can, if it receives sufficient bipartisan support in the Congress, provide an appropriate and effective tool for holding the president, the vice president and other members of the administration to account.
Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich talks to supporters at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse in 2004.
That will only happen, however, if members of Congress back Kucinich’s resolution.
U.S. Reps. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison; Ron Kind, D-La Crosse; Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, and other members of the Wisconsin delegation have a responsibility to do so.
http://www.madison.com/tct/opinion/index.php?ntid=73300&ntpid=0
Forum posts
22 February 2006, 01:14
I agree, we have been hood winked, Keep up the good work . J. Siegel
2 March 2006, 08:11
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7 March 2006, 22:37
I am glad to hear that Dennis Kucinich is trying to get backing for a Resolution of Inquiry as to how the Bush administration "sold" the Iraq invasion to the American people.
Why isn’t this man, Dennis Kucinich, in the news more? He should be president. I am glad that he is relentless in trying to get to the absolute truth about how the American people have been manipulated by the Bush administration. Apart from not being told the truth by Bush, the media cannot get the suffering of the Iraqi people that has been caused by we, the people of the United States for three years now, on the front page of our newspapers which is where it needs to be. Reporters cannot get the whole story, the real story, out for fear of their lives in war-torn Iraq.
With the mess that has been made in Iraq and the destruction of that country there is an urgent need for the United States to have a Department of Peace, as proposed by Kucinich.
We need an honest, committed man of integrity - we need a human being who speaks the truth -we need Dennis Kucinich in the White House. Otherwise we will just have more of the same. We need someone with a new outlook and a "we can do this" attitude, because we can - if we hear the truth and if we stop being so fearful.
Carol, Walnut Creek, CA