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Politics : WHO IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 2004
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To: Tadsamillionaire who started this subject11/11/2003 5:41:14 PM
From: Mephisto  Read Replies (1) of 10965
 
Governor Dean Condemns Administration for Failing To Honor Former Prisoners of War

DES MOINES--Democratic presidential candidate Governor Howard Dean, M.D.,
today reacted to the Administration's effort to block American troops who were
tortured in Iraqi prisons during the Persian Gulf war from collecting any of the
hundreds of millions of dollars in frozen Iraqi assets they won last summer in a
federal court ruling against the government of Saddam Hussein:

"On the eve of Veteran's Day, we have learned that President Bush is blocking
troops tortured in the first Gulf War from recovering due compensation for their
horrible suffering. As we prepare to commemorate the heroism of the patriotic
Americans who have served and sacrificed for our country, I am stunned by the
hypocrisy of the Bush Administration and their betrayal of our troops," Governor
Dean said.

"Instead of blocking the compensation rightfully owed to these war heroes, the
President should freeze the profits of Halliburton and his other cronies who are
benefiting most from the $87 billion to rebuild Iraq. I call on Congress to ask: if
the recent $87 billion allocation does not provide for our veterans who fought in
Iraq--where is this money going?" he added.

According to today's New York Times, administration lawyers have argued that
Iraqi assets frozen in bank accounts in the United States are needed for Iraqi
reconstruction. They also argue that a judgment won by the former American
prisoners should be overturned.
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