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  Iran War

  The Bush administration has committed numerous crimes - felonies, not misdemeanours, and has been responsible for the deaths of millions of people as well as the heinous cruelty of torture of many innocent people. Bush, himself, is literally supporting terrorism in Iran by supporting the MEK which has been bombing several locations inside Iran. He is working hard to justify a war against Iran and may well begin such ...more »

  The Bush administration has committed numerous crimes - felonies, not misdemeanours, and has been responsible for the deaths of millions of people as well as the heinous cruelty of torture of many innocent people. Bush, himself, is literally supporting terrorism in Iran by supporting the MEK which has been bombing several locations inside Iran.

  He is working hard to justify a war against Iran and may well begin such unexpectedly without any authorization from Congress. If he does, there will be war in the entire Middle East, and then globally. This war will almost certainly become a nuclear war with ensuing radioactivity of the whole planet and the end of all life on earth.

  It is your sworn Congressional duty to Impeach for these horrendous crimes and gross violations of the Constitution.

  Congress has a duty of oversight of the executive branch. Such oversight has been woefully conspicuous by its absence, in spite of repeated promises of holding the Bush administration accountable.

  There is no time to lose if we want to survive!

  If we do not act now, it will be too late. War against Iran will likely begin just before the November election or shortly after, certainly before Barrack Obama takes the oath of office as president.

  Now there is no time to dream about bipartisanship!

  Will you fulfill your duty?

  Ian Campbell Cree, MB(Hons.), MS, FRCS(Eng. & C.), FACS, LRCP.

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  Submitted by ianccree 4 years ago

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  Eleminate private armies, or at least make them accountable

  I see no provision in our constitution allowing for private armies. We have five branches of military and they must follow certain laws, even in combat. It costs many times more to have private companies perform tasks that are the realm of our military. What are you doing to stop the use of private armies? What are you doing to insure they follow our laws and the laws of the country they operate in? What are you doing ...more »

  I see no provision in our constitution allowing for private armies. We have five branches of military and they must follow certain laws, even in combat. It costs many times more to have private companies perform tasks that are the realm of our military.

  What are you doing to stop the use of private armies? What are you doing to insure they follow our laws and the laws of the country they operate in? What are you doing to hold them accountable, both in the billions of dollars we have paid them, and accountable for laws they have broken (murder comes to mind, torture too)?

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  Submitted by theepoxyman 4 years ago

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  Truth and Reconciliation

  (Follow-up to "why no impeachment?) Speaker Pelosi, our country TORTURED people. We illegally invaded and occupied a sovereign country based on lies. The damage to our international standing, our moral authority to speak on atrocities in Sudan, Zimbabwe, Myanmar and elsewhere, has been profound and may be irreparable. You say impeachment or prosecutions for the architects of these crimes is "off the table", and today ...more »

  (Follow-up to "why no impeachment?)

  Speaker Pelosi, our country TORTURED people. We illegally invaded and occupied a sovereign country based on lies. The damage to our international standing, our moral authority to speak on atrocities in Sudan, Zimbabwe, Myanmar and elsewhere, has been profound and may be irreparable. You say impeachment or prosecutions for the architects of these crimes is "off the table", and today (I assume) you will give your reasons for that.

  Given those reasons, will you support and implement a Truth and Reconciliation process that at least investigates these crimes and provides a framework for acknowledgement, repentance and reparations to the victims of these crimes, even if punishment is "off the table"?

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  Submitted by klangley2 4 years ago

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  War on Iran

  If G.W.B. tries to start a war on Iran, will you ask Congress to oppose him and cut off all funding which could be used for this purpose?

  If he starts a war without the approval of Congress, will you impeach him or have him arrested for treason.

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  Submitted by ianccree 4 years ago

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  Iran

  The New Yorker's Sy Hersh recently reported on a Presidential Finding that was issued to you and other top-level Congressional leaders regarding covert operations to undermine Iran’s nuclear ambitions and attempts to undermine the government through regime change, and stated that you and others approved the funding of such escalated operations. Obviously, many of the details are classified, but now that the story has ...more »

  The New Yorker's Sy Hersh recently reported on a Presidential Finding that was issued to you and other top-level Congressional leaders regarding covert operations to undermine Iran’s nuclear ambitions and attempts to undermine the government through regime change, and stated that you and others approved the funding of such escalated operations. Obviously, many of the details are classified, but now that the story has been made public what can you tell us about all this? Should we be alarmed?

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  Submitted by acbonin 4 years ago

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  Neo-Cons Push to Bomb Iran

  The Neo-Cons are adamant about bombing Iran before they leave office. Why have you pulled language from the Iraq spending bill that would have required President Bush to get authorization from Congress before he could bomb Iran? It has been written over and over again that AIPAC lobbied you to pull that out and that they are intent on pushing the US into war with Iran for the benefit of Israel. Surely you don't trust ...more »

  The Neo-Cons are adamant about bombing Iran before they leave office. Why have you pulled language from the Iraq spending bill that would have required President Bush to get authorization from Congress before he could bomb Iran?

  It has been written over and over again that AIPAC lobbied you to pull that out and that they are intent on pushing the US into war with Iran for the benefit of Israel. Surely you don't trust George W. Bush to have powers to wage another "war of choice" do you?

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  Submitted by Call Up 4 years ago

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  Exclusivity

  You have repeatedly said that the most important aspect of the update to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was to affirm FISA as the exclusive means for electronic surveillance. On July 2, 2008, in a federal court in your home state of California, Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that the 1978 FISA law already was the exclusive means for electronic surveillance, and that Administration claims of inherent Article II ...more »

  You have repeatedly said that the most important aspect of the update to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was to affirm FISA as the exclusive means for electronic surveillance. On July 2, 2008, in a federal court in your home state of California, Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that the 1978 FISA law already was the exclusive means for electronic surveillance, and that Administration claims of inherent Article II authority were not germane. If exclusivity was redundant in this case, does this mean you will be busily reaffirming the primacy of every law in the United States Code for the rest of the Congressional session, and if so, could you please start with the Bill of Rights?

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  Submitted by d_dayen 4 years ago

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  Diplomacy with Iran

  In 2007, you demonstrated the importance of talking to countries that are not our close allies by visiting Syria. Given that sanctions alone have had little impact on Iran's uranium enrichment and a military attack would be disastrous, what will you and Congress do to support direct, unconditional diplomacy with Iran to resolve the question of their nuclear program?

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  Submitted by camaki 4 years ago

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  US Leadership Towards a Nuclear Weapons Free World

  With calls by former statesmen Henry Kissinger, William Perry, Sam Nunn, and George Schultz for US leadership towards a nuclear weapons free world, what steps do you see Congress taking to reaffirm our commitment to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and support US and global nuclear weapons stockpile reductions?

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  Submitted by camaki 4 years ago

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  Supporting So-Called "Free Trade" Deals is Bad Politics

  A major reason that Democrats lost so many seats in 1994 is that unions sat out the vote after President Clinton pushed through ratification of NAFTA with primarily Republican support. Ross Perot famously said that a "giant sucking sound" was created by jobs going south because of NAFTA and subsequent events have proved him right. The so-called worker and environment protection clauses in such deals are always too weak ...more »

  A major reason that Democrats lost so many seats in 1994 is that unions sat out the vote after President Clinton pushed through ratification of NAFTA with primarily Republican support. Ross Perot famously said that a "giant sucking sound" was created by jobs going south because of NAFTA and subsequent events have proved him right. The so-called worker and environment protection clauses in such deals are always too weak to do any good.

  Yet you consistently support such deals and recently pushed through the Peru trade pact even though unions overwhelmingly oppose them. Why do you persist in this support even though it splits the Democratic coalition, takes away jobs, only helps large corporations, and creates a global "race to the bottom" for wages?

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  Submitted by ammasdarling 4 years ago

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  Israel/Palestine

  Politicians and the media in America say solving Israel/Palestine is complicated. Yet every year the UN passes a resolution with virtual unanimity from every nation of the world excluding the USA and Israel. The resolution calls for a 2 state solution with Israel withdrawing to 67 borders, dismantling settlements, making East Jerusalem the capitol of Palestine, and making some settlement, financial or otherwise, for ...more »

  Politicians and the media in America say solving Israel/Palestine is complicated. Yet every year the UN passes a resolution with virtual unanimity from every nation of the world excluding the USA and Israel. The resolution calls for a 2 state solution with Israel withdrawing to 67 borders, dismantling settlements, making East Jerusalem the capitol of Palestine, and making some settlement, financial or otherwise, for the refugees. Americans don't know that there is international consensus for this just solution. Instead, every year Israel appropriates more Palestinian land, builds more illegal settlements, etc with the blessing of the USA. Why can't we accept this fair solution like the rest of the world? Why doesn't the media report to us the views of the rest of the world on this critical issue?

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  Submitted by johngray63 4 years ago

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  U.S. kidnapping of noncombatant children in intelligence and combat operations

  It has been reported consistently since 2002 that the young children of al Qaeda suspect Khalid Shaikh Mohammed were taken by the CIA in 2002 in a failed attempt to capture Mohammed. When Mohammed himself was captured in 2003, it was said that his children were used as leverage in his interrogations. He mentioned this in his arraignment hearing in 2007. A 2007 Human Rights Watch/Amnesty International report on "disappeared ...more »

  It has been reported consistently since 2002 that the young children of al Qaeda suspect Khalid Shaikh Mohammed were taken by the CIA in 2002 in a failed attempt to capture Mohammed. When Mohammed himself was captured in 2003, it was said that his children were used as leverage in his interrogations. He mentioned this in his arraignment hearing in 2007. A 2007 Human Rights Watch/Amnesty International report on "disappeared persons" mentions Mohammed's children as well.

  In Iraq, noncombatant children of former Iraqi military leaders and suspected insurgents have been detained by U.S. military and intelligence forces for use as bargaining chips to get family members to turn themselves in.

  Have there been investigations into this practice? What oversight is provided to ensure that these children suffer no ill effects of capture? Are they returned to their families? What has happened to Khalid Shaikh Mohammed's children, who were captured six years ago?

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  Submitted by kim.yaman 4 years ago

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  Foreign Affairs

  When are the Dems going to start telling the American people the truth about Iraq? The U.S. (taxpayer) is building the largest Embassy in the WORLD in Bagdad... bigger than Vatican City! What does that mean! ??? Methinks we are going to be there for a very long time! What's really going on!

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  Submitted by janet71347 4 years ago

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  Texas Border Fence

  Most communities along the Texas Mexico border oppose the border fence believing it will send the wrong message to our largest trading partner, not stop the flow if illegal immigration and deprive property owners of their rights. What can you do now to stop the border fence from going up along the communities of the Rio Grande River?

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  Submitted by edwardgonzales 4 years ago

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  What are you planning to do to protect our service men from non-hostile deaths in Iraq? (electrocutions)

  Since several servicemen have died due to non-hostile deaths in Iraq, it is obvious it's just another of many crimes committed by the current administration, and the huge profit making contractors that are responsible as well. What do you plan to do for these fallen soldiers and their families, and what are you planning to do to prevent this from ever happening again?

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  Submitted by blaze 4 years ago

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  Iraq War

  Could you have prevented legislation for funding the Iraq War from coming to the floor after the 2006 elections? I know the Reblicans and some moderate Democrats would have done backflips over such a move, but apart from the political heat, why wasn't this done?

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  Submitted by wyguyjim 4 years ago

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  Alternate Minimum Tax

  How and when will Congress address the Alternate Minimum Tax, which is catching more and more middle-class folks who were not the original targets of the AMT?

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  Submitted by terry.pinder 4 years ago

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  URGENT: Will you finally put impeachment on the table to at least help prevent Bush/Cheney from preemptively attacking IRAN??!!

  Since Seymor Hersh and other highly respected experts on the imminent danger

  of Bush/Cheney ordering a preemptive attack on Iran to criple the next Democratic presidency, and since the only thing that might empower the generals to refuse such an order would be to start impeachment, WHY DO YOU CONTINUE TO PRESSURE CONYERS TO NOT PROCEED WITH IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS??!!

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  Submitted by davidvgoliath 4 years ago

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  How do you view the United States place in the global community?

  From the beginning of the Bush presidency, the United Nations and other international bodies/treaties have often been belittled, trivialized, or outright ignored. What is your view on the place of the United States in the global community? Do you support more robust international governance? For example, do you support the United States signing on to the International Criminal Court, Kyoto, and the ABM Treaty (resigning ...more »

  From the beginning of the Bush presidency, the United Nations and other international bodies/treaties have often been belittled, trivialized, or outright ignored. What is your view on the place of the United States in the global community? Do you support more robust international governance? For example, do you support the United States signing on to the International Criminal Court, Kyoto, and the ABM Treaty (resigning in this case)? Do you support full compliance with the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty?

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  Submitted by eric.thalasinos 4 years ago

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  Pro -war democrats

  Will you support a reconfiguration of the democratic campaign committee to remove pro - Iraq war democrats such as Rahm Emanuel?

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  Submitted by argeec3 4 years ago

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  Pre-war lies on TV

  Can we compile all the TV pre-war lies by Bush and Bushites and broadcast the compilation frequently?

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  Submitted by pdr-rlr 4 years ago

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  Capitulation and Democrats

  When the lawyers figure out how to prosecute Dick and GW for war crimes, Don't you think Nancy and Harry should be prosecuted for aiding and abedding???

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  Submitted by archiebird 4 years ago

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  Speaker Pelosi you've been given the authority

  "Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade."

  --Ben Franklin............Time to go to work, Ms. Pelosi and clean House. Bush , Chaney, Roves.

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  Submitted by Carlos Perry 4 years ago

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  There's no Question about these character's..Bush, Chaney, Roves

  "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character give him power."

  -- Abraham Lincoln..........Speaker Pelosi, you've been given the Authority.

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  Submitted by Carlos Perry 4 years ago

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  No Man is Above or Beneath the Law

  G.W Bush, Dick Chaney, Karl Roves, so how is it true that a law could have been passed to protect those who claim to have done nothing wrong or have anything to hide........A law should have never been passed. They should have simply went to trial and been reminded the famous Quote by --Mark Twain "When in doubt tell the truth"

  --Mark Twain

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