Hearings to be held at DNC because Republicans Denying Democrats Use of Rooms on

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Hearings to be held at DNC because Republicans Denying

Democrats Use of Rooms on Hill

 

 

 

HEARINGS ON DOWNING STREET MINUTES SET FOR 1 PM THURSDAY

 

 

 

Hearings to be held at DNC because Republicans Denying Democrats Use

of Rooms on Hill

 

 

 

On Thursday June 16, 2005, at 1:00 p.m. in the Wasserman Room at 430 S

Capitol St. SE, Washington, D.C., Rep. John Conyers, Jr., Ranking

Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and other Congress Members

will hold a hearing on the Downing Street Minutes and related evidence

of efforts to cook the books on pre-war intelligence.

 

 

 

The hearings are being held at the Democratic National Committee

because the Republicans controlling the House Judiciary Committee

refused to permit the ranking Democratic Member to use a room on the

Hill.

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Nonetheless, Republicans are welcome to attend.

 

 

 

Later on the same day at 5:00 p.m. ET in Lafayette Square Park, in

front of the White House, a large rally will support Congressman

Conyers who plans to deliver to the White House a letter addressed to

President Bush and signed by over 500,000 Americans and at least 94

Congress Members. The letter asks the President to respond to

questions raised by the Downing Street Minutes.

 

 

 

Among those speaking at the hearings will be: Joe Wilson, Former

Ambassador and WMD Expert; Ray McGovern, 27-year CIA analyst who

prepared regular Presidential briefings during the Reagan

administration; Cindy Sheehan, mother of fallen American soldier; John

Bonifaz, renowned constitutional lawyer and co-founder of

AfterDowningStreet.org.

 

 

 

Among those speaking at the rally will be: Congressman Conyers and

various other Congress Members, Cindy Sheehan of Gold Star Families

for Peace, John Bonifaz of AfterDowningStreet.org, Ray McGovern former

CIA analyst, Medea Benjamin of Global Exchange, Rev. Lennox Yearwood

of Progressive Democrats of America, Stephen Cleghorn of Military

Families Speak Out, Kevin Zeese, Director of Democracy Rising. More

information, and flyers promoting the rally, are available at

www.afterdowningstreet.org

 

 

 

Flyers to print, copy, and distribute widely:

 

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/downloads/rally.pdf

 

 

 

LOCAL RALLIES PLANNED AROUND COUNTRY

 

Supporters of this campaign are independently organizing rallies on

Thursday at locations around the country.

 

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AfterDowningStreet.org is a rapidly growing coalition of veterans'

groups, peace groups, and political activist groups, which launched on

May 26, 2005, a campaign to urge the U.S. Congress to begin a formal

investigation into whether President Bush has committed impeachable

offenses in connection with the Iraq war.

 

 

 

David Swanson david 202-329-7847

 

Jonathan Schwarz jonathan_schwarz 773-296-0838