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The Nation
by John Nichols

10/24/07

Russ Feingold stood on the floor of the Senate Wednesday to mark the passing of the fifth anniversary of President Bush’s signing of the Congressional resolution that authorized his use of military force in Iraq — and to declare that he would not rest until the dark deed was undone. ‘I will not stand idly by while this mistaken war continues,’ the Democratic senator from Wisconsin announced, as he pledged to make the wrongheaded occupation of Iraq a day-in, day-out issue in the Senate for the rest of 2007 and into 2008. Refusing to be distracted by the coming presidential election, Feingold promised to remain focused on the work at hand: bringing U.S. troops home, taking honest steps to promote stability in the Middle East, and turning the attention of the U.S. intelligence and defense establishment toward real threats as opposed to the fantasies of Dick Cheney and the neocons...

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat?pid=245856


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