House Dems To Hold Iran Hearings 3:00 p.m.: Draft Letter To Bush On Iran

[kpete]

House Democrats begin hearings, write Bush on Iran

RAW STORY
Published: Wednesday May 24, 2006

As concerns build over increased tensions between the United States and Iran, some Democrats in Congress are beginning to mount opposition to a preemptive nuclear strike, RAW STORY has learned.

Members of the House Democrats' Progressive Caucus are holding unofficial hearings and gathering signatures for a letter to President Bush, in hopes, they say, of attenuating the risk of nuclear confrontation.

The first unofficial meeting of Congress on the subject of a possible war with Iran is set to take place later this afternoon in the U.S. Capitol. At 3:00 pm, a group of Democratic Representatives plan to hold a hearing probing the question: "Would war with Iran help or hurt U.S. national security?"

Testifying before lawmakers will be Samantha Power, Former Executive Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights at Harvard University, and Dr. Jessica Tuchman Matthews, President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Both speakers are also authors of books relating to U.S. foreign policy.

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May __, 2006 The Honorable George W. Bush President The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20500

Dear Mr. President:

We are writing to express our concerns about your recent suggestion that the U.S. would potentially launch a pre-emptive nuclear attack against Iran. As you will recall, on April 18, 2006, you were asked "Sir, when you talk about Iran and you talk about how you have diplomatic efforts, you also say all options are on the table. Does that include the possibility of a nuclear strike?" Your response to this question was "All options are on the table."
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[AuntPatsy]

1. Thank you for posting this, I think we should all watch it.

[bananas]

4. Will it be televised or webcast? nt

[paparush]

2. Lets hope they suck up some backbone and tell W to go F' himself

or they'll shoot him in the face.

I hope this sets a tone for the upcoming elections when Dems grow a pair of Colberts and really start hammering back against this dictatorship Bush** has built.

Alas, I'm not holding my breath that this will be strongly worded.

[Theres-a]

3. What you said.