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Dennis Kucinich: This Congress is about to climb a hill, and that hill is opposition to the escalation. But when we climb that hill, we…

On the recordJanuary 18, 2007
This Congress is about to climb a hill, and that hill is opposition to the escalation. But when we climb that hill, we are only going to be halfway there because the top of the hill we've got to reach, that second hill, is called 'ending the occupation.' Stopping the escalation is only half the journey here, we have to end the occupation. Similarly, people say, well, now they oppose the war. Well, opposing the war, well, that is halfway up that hill. Take that journey. But going all the way up the hill you are going to have to say, stop the funding for the war. The Kucinich plan enables us not only to stop the funding for the war, but to secure Iraq and create a whole new America and world.
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Dennis Kucinich
Independent · Ohio

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Discussing the need to oppose the escalation in Iraq and end the occupation.

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