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True_Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-14-03 02:16 PM
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Military Families Plead With Bush: ‘Bring Boys Home’
Relatives of military men are ever more loudly demanding that troops be withdrawn from the guerrilla war in Iraq.

By James P. Tucker Jr.

Hundreds of people representing about 1,000 military families stormed the Capitol on Sept. 9 to demand that the United States abandon its occupation of Iraq.

There was no evidence that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction or links to the 9-11 “terrorist” attacks when President Bush put American servicemen “in harm’s way,” Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) told a spillover crowd in a large hearing room.

Congressmen hesitate to openly oppose the invasion, she said, for “fear of being called unpatriotic.”

Other congressmen attending to show support included Reps. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) and John Conyers (D-Mich.).

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http://www.americanfreepress.net/09_14_03/Military_Families/military_families.html
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LittleApple81 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-14-03 02:24 PM
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1. You can watch the hearing at C-Span (video collection)
Congressional hearing for ending Military action in Iraq or something similar. (September 10th).
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Rebel_with_a_cause Donating Member (933 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-03 01:53 PM
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2. My prediction:
The military will hobble the Bush administration.
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