[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 43 (Thursday, March 13, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H1622]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
LET US SPEAK OUT FOR PEACE
(Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. KUCINICH. Madam Speaker, we are at the fifth anniversary of the
war in Iraq, a war based on lies. A war that has cost the lives of over
4,000 of our brave young men and women, the injuries to tens of
thousands, over 1 million innocent Iraqis have perished, a cost of up
to $3 trillion.
Let us speak out for peace, as the Winter Soldiers today are speaking
out for peace by communicating the truth of a soldier's experience in
Iraq and Afghanistan. Let us speak out for peace as the young people
involved in the Stop Loss project are doing. Let us speak out for peace
and stop financing this war and use the money to bring our troops home.
Let us speak out for peace, for international peacekeepers to move
into Iraq as our troops lead. America has had a long period of silence
about this war. Let us be silent no more. Let us speak out for peace.
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