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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: steve dietrich who wrote (553170)	3/18/2004 6:29:16 AM
From: Bob Mohebbi	Respond to of 769670

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Military families and anti-war activists urged Congress on Wednesday to censure President Bush for what they called his deception and manipulation of intelligence before the Iraq war. "The best way that the United States Congress can honor those brave men and women in uniform who have served in Iraq, and who continue to serve in Iraq, is to honor the truth," said Sue Niederer, whose 24-year-old son, Army Lt. Seth Dvorin, was killed in Iraq in February. "They can do so by holding accountable those who deceived and manipulated the American people to justify the invasion and occupation of Iraq, starting with President Bush," Niederer said at a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol. As Bush was inside for a St. Patrick's Day luncheon, the soldiers' families and anti-war activists displayed boxes of petitions calling for Bush's censure. The group Win Without War said it had gathered 560,340 signatures endorsing a censure resolution. A statement released at the news conference contrasted Bush's public comments on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq with CIA and media reports disputing the White House pre-war position that Iraq possessed these weapons. David Kay, the chief of the U.S. hunt for banned weapons in Iraq, said in January he did not believe there were any large stockpiles of chemical or biological weapons in the country. The censure campaign is led by Win Without War -- a coalition of 42 organizations -- along with MoveOn.org, True Majority, Working Assets and Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities. The business group plans an ad campaign to begin on Friday, the U.S. anniversary of the start of the Iraq war. The ad, set to run in The New York Times, is headlined, "Have you noticed what's happening to chief executives who lie?" and goes on to say, "It's time for someone in this government to step forward and take personal responsibility for the deadly deceptions used to mislead this great nation into war. And that someone must be George W. Bush." On Saturday's first anniversary of the start of the Iraq war, anti-war activists including a group of military families, plan to demonstrate outside the Fort Bragg military base in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The groups include Military Families Speak Out, Bring Them Home Now coalition, United for Peace and Justice, September 11th Families of Peaceful Tomorrows and Veterans for Peace. At least two counter-demonstrations supporting the Bush administration's military policies are also planned for the same day in Fayetteville, home to one of the largest military bases in the United States. news.yahoo.com