[WCUSP] Fwd: WPA: Yeah for John Dingell, intro. legisl. to end war

[yvonne simmons]

Dear Odile, This calls for a campaign to contact all
our congressman countrywide with phone calls and
letters and to let our members and branches know. Also
for every congressman on the committee to be contacted
by us all. Who is on that committee In Peace yvonne
--- Odile Hugonot Haber <odilehh at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Date: Oct 24, 2007 3:28 PM
> Subject: WPA: Yeah for John Dingell, intro. legisl.
> to end war
> To: odilehh at gmail.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Posted By: Janine Easter
> Category: Peace/Justice
> Subject: Yeah for John Dingell, intro. legisl. to
> end warCongressman
> Dingell's Introduced Legislation, 10/23/07
> 
> 
> 
> 110TH CONGRESS
> 1ST SESSION
> H. R. _______ (still pending)
> 
> To repeal the Authorization for Use of Military
> Force Against Iraq
> Resolution of 2002 Public Law 107 243) and to
> require the withdrawal
> of the United States Armed Forces in Iraq.
> 
> IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. DINGELL
> introduced the following
> bill; which was referred to the Committee on
> ________
> 
> A BILL To repeal the Authorization for Use of
> Military Force Against
> Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107 243) and to
> require the
> withdrawal of the United States Armed Forces in
> Iraq.
> 
> Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
> Representatives of the United
> States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1.
> SHORT TITLE.
> 
> This Act may be cited as the "Bring Our Troops Home
> Responsibly Act of 2007".
> 
> SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
> 
> Congress finds the following:
> 
> 
> (1) Prior to the initiation of the war in Iraq, the
> President cited
> concerns about weapons of mass destruction programs
> as one
> justification for the use of military force in Iraq.
> On October 6,
> 2004, the head of the Iraq Survey Group (ISG),
> Charles Duelfer,
> announced to the Committee on Armed Services of the
> Senate that the
> group found no evidence that Iraq under Saddam
> Hussein had produced
> and stockpiled any weapons of mass destruction since
> 1991.
> 
> (2) Prior to the initiation of the war in Iraq, the
> President cited
> Saddam Hussein's role as a brutal dictator who
> tortured and killed
> thousands of Iraqi civilians during his 20-year rule
> as a
> justification for the use of military force in Iraq.
> Saddam Hussein
> was captured by United States forces on December 13,
> 2003, convicted
> of charges related to the execution of 148 Iraqi
> civilians on November
> 5, 2006, and executed on December 30, 2006.
> 
> (3) Prior to the initiation of the war in Iraq, the
> President cited
> possible links between the Al-Qaeda terrorist
> network and Saddam
> Hussein's government as a justification for the use
> of military force
> in Iraq. Reports by the Central Intelligence Agency,
> the Defense
> Intelligence Agency, and the Office of the Inspector
> General of the
> Department of Defense have all concluded that there
> was little
> evidence of any such links. While there is currently
> violence in Iraq
> directed towards American troops, a September 2007
> Congressional
> Research Service report found that attacks by the
> group Al-Qaeda in
> Iraq make up only a small percentage of the total
> number of attacks on
> United States troops in Iraq.
> 
> (4) Prior to the initiation of the war in Iraq, the
> President cited
> the importance of spreading democracy in the Middle
> East as a
> justification for the use of military force in Iraq.
> On October 15,
> 2005, the Iraqi people voted to ratify a new
> constitution, on January
> 30, 2005, the Iraqi people elected 275 members of a
> newly created
> Iraqi National Assembly, and on May 20, 2006, Nouri
> al-Maliki was
> approved as Prime Minister of Iraq by the National
> Assembly and sworn
> in.
> 
> (5) The President has failed to secure international
> support for the
> continuing efforts in Iraq. While the President has
> executed a plan
> known as the ``troop surge'', every other nation
> participating in the
> occupation of Iraq is reducing troop levels. The
> United Kingdom has
> reduced its troop levels from 45,000 to
> approximately 4,500. Twenty
> nations that had once been members of the
> international coalition
> contributing troops have completely withdrawn those
> troops from Iraq.
> 
> (6) The United States has accomplished all of the
> military goals
> announced by the President at the outset of the war
> in Iraq. The brave
> men and women of the Armed Forces have performed
> admirably, showing
> both dedication to their mission and professionalism
> in carrying that
> mission out.
> 
> (7) The Bush Administration has, at various times,
> confirmed that the
> military goals of the war in Iraq were complete. On
> May 1, 2003, the
> President stood in front of a banner reading
> ``Mission Accomplished''
> and declared an end to major military operations in
> Iraq. On May 30,
> 2005, the Vice President stated in a television
> interview that the
> insurgency was in its ``last throes''.
> 
> (8) It is clear that the American people are looking
> for a change in
> strategy in Iraq--one that will allow the Nation to
> safely and
> responsibly bring members of the Armed Forces home
> as quickly as
> possible. However, the strategy outlined by the
> President in his
> September 13, 2007, address makes it clear that the
> President has no
> plan for substantially reducing the number of troops
> in Iraq while he
> is in office. It is unconscionable for President
> Bush to leave this
> situation for the next President to fix.
> 
> SEC. 3. REPEAL OF PUBLIC LAW 107 243.
> 
> The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against
> Iraq Resolution of
> 2002 (Public Law 107 243) is hereby repealed.
> 
> SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF POLICY. It is the policy of the
> United States--
> 
> (1) that, based upon the findings of section 1, the
> United States has
> accomplished those military goals that were
> established at the outset
> of the use of military force in Iraq, and that it no
> longer benefits
> the national security of the United States for
> members of the United
> States Armed Forces to remain in Iraq;
> 
> (2) that the United States should begin withdrawing
> its Armed Forces
> from Iraq in a safe, responsible, and orderly
> manner, and that such
> withdrawal should begin no later than 30 days after
> the date of the
> enactment of this Act, and should be accomplished by
> 12:00 p.m. on
> 
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