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Dennis Kucinich: “The answer to your question, ma'am, is yes. It is politics. The Democrats have failed the American people. When we took…”

On the recordJuly 24, 2007
The answer to your question, ma'am, is yes. It is politics. The Democrats have failed the American people. When we took over in January, the American people didn't expect us to give them a Democratic version of the war. They expected us to act quickly to end the war. And here's how we can do it. It doesn't take legislation. That's a phony excuse to say that you don't have the votes. We appropriated $97 billion a month ago. We should tell President Bush, no more funds for the war, use that money to bring the troops home.
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Dennis Kucinich
Independent · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Dennis Kucinich acknowledges that politics is influencing the Democrats' handling of the Iraq war and calls for an end to funding for the war.

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