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come to order. please take your conversations off the floor. the speaker pro tempore: will the house come to order. the gentleman from ohio. mr. kucinich: madam speaker, pursuant to clause 2 of

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Dennis J. Kucinich: rule 9, i rise to give notice of my intent to raise a question of the privileges of the house. the form of the resolution is as follows. the house is not in order. mr. kucinich: the form of the

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Dennis J. Kucinich: and that the following articles of impeachment be exhibited to the united states senate. articles of impeachment exhibited by the house of representatives of the united states of america in

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Dennis J. Kucinich: president of the united states, george w. bush, in violation of his constitutional oath to faith fully execute the office of the office of president of the united states and best of his

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Dennis J. Kucinich: following abuses of power. article i, creating a secret propaganda campaign to manufacture a false case for war against iraq. in his conduct while president of the united states, george w. bush,

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Dennis J. Kucinich: the united states and in violation of its constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has both personally and acting through his agents and subordinates, together with

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Dennis J. Kucinich: domestic propaganda campaign -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the house will come to order. please proceed. . mr. kucinich: the president and the department of defense

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Dennis J. Kucinich: the field controlled by the white house iraq group, known as whig, a white house task formed -- task force formed in 2002 that ind colluded karl rove, lewis libby, mary matalin, nicholas

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Dennis J. Kucinich: this supposed intelligence included the claim that iraq had sought uranium from niger and that the high-strength uranium tubes were to be used for building centrifuges to enrich

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Dennis J. Kucinich: and talking points prepared for president bush and some of his top officials. the white house-iraq group also organized a media campaign in which, between september 7 and 8, 2002, president

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Dennis J. Kucinich: card explained in an interview regarding waiting to labor day to try to sell the american people on military action against iraq he said, quote from a marketing point of view, you don't

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Dennis J. Kucinich: the past 14 months to add to his stockpile of chemical and biological arms. cnn. then national-security -- then-national security advisor race side of iraq obtain agnew clear weapon, we don't want a

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Dennis J. Kucinich: develop nuclear arms. the pentagon prop began dist military program was revealed in an april 20, 2002, "new york times" article. the program illegally involved, quote, attempts to change opinion

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Dennis J. Kucinich: and msnbc, according to "the new york times" report, which has not been discomputered by the pentagon or white house. quote, participants were instructed not to quote their briefers directly or otherwise

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Dennis J. Kucinich: deliver administration themes and messages to millions of americans in the form of their own opinions. in fact they did deliver the themes and messages but did not reveal the pentagon had provided

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Dennis J. Kucinich: back and move your mouth for you. congress has restricted annual appropriations bills since 1951 with this language, and i quote, no part of any appropriation contained in this or any other act

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Dennis J. Kucinich: service states that publicity or propaganda is defined by the u.s. government accountability office, g.a.o., mean either one self-aggrandizement by public officials, two, purely partin activity,

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Dennis J. Kucinich: i quote. the failure of an agency to identify itself as the source of a prepackaged news story misleads the viewing public by encouraging the viewing audience to believe that the broadcasting news organization

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Dennis J. Kucinich: they watched on television news stories they watched about the government were prepared by the government the stories are in a sense, no longer purely factual. the white house's own office

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Dennis J. Kucinich: restrictions to preclude the use of appropriated funds for, among other things so-called covert prop began dasm squint that view, the office of ledge -- of legal unsel demermed 1988 that a statutory

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Dennis J. Kucinich: the undisclosed use of third parties would run afoul of presixth -- restrictions for using funds for propaganda. asked about the pentagon's propaganda program at a white house press briefing,

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Dennis J. Kucinich: back and look at this look. d.o.d. has made a decision. they decided to stop this program. but i would say that one of the things we try to do in the administration is to get information

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Dennis J. Kucinich: who are seeking it and will be providing their opinions on it. it doesn't mean the military analysts agree twhed administration. i think you can go back and look and think thi a lot of their

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Dennis J. Kucinich: trust as president and commander in chief and subversive of constitutional government to the cause of law and justice and to the man test injury of the people of the united states. wherefore,

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Dennis J. Kucinich: 2001, with misrepresentation of iraq as an eminent security threat as part of a justification for a war of aggression. in his conduct while president of the united states, george w. bush

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Dennis J. Kucinich: of the united states nand violation of his constitutional duty under article ii, section iii of the constitution, take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has both personally and

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Dennis J. Kucinich: of the united states into believing that there was and is a connection between iraq and saddam hussein on one hand and the attacks of september 11, 2001, and al qaeda on the other hand so as to falsely

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Dennis J. Kucinich: obtain and maintain congressional authorization and funding for the use of such military force against iraq, thereby interfering with and obstructing congress' lawful functions of overseeing

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Dennis J. Kucinich: those under his direction and control, including the vice president and the vice president's agents and second, personally making or causing authorizing, and allowing to be made but highly placed

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Dennis J. Kucinich: and their deputies and spokespersons false and fraudulent representations to the citizens of the united states and congress regarding an alleged connection between saddam hussein and iraq on one

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Dennis J. Kucinich: to their truth as well as omitting to state facts necessary to present an accurate picture of the truth as followed -- a, on or about september 12, 2001, former terrorism advisor richard

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Dennis J. Kucinich: condoleezza rice, a memo that he had written in response to george w. bush's specific request that stated one, the case for linking hussein to the september 11 attacks was weak and two,

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Dennis J. Kucinich: with al qaeda on unconventional weapons. b, 10 days after the september 11 attacks, the president received president's daily briefing which indicated the u.s. intelligence community had

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Dennis J. Kucinich: in defense intelligence summary 0-44-02 issued in february, 2002, the united states defense intelligence agency cast significant doubt on the possibility of a saddam hussein-al qaeda conspiracy.

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Dennis J. Kucinich: 2002, national intelligence estimate gave a quote low confidence, unquote, rating to the notion of whether, quote, in desperation saddam hussein would share chemical or biological weapons

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Dennis J. Kucinich: 21, 2002, was that iraq had had, quote, sporadic, wary contacts with al qaeda since the mid 1990's, whether than a relationship with al qaeda dwected over time. e, notwithstanding his knowledge

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Dennis J. Kucinich: richard cheney and lewis libby, who reported directly to the president and vice president and secretary of defense donald rumsfeld, among torkse pressure intelligence analysts to alter

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Dennis J. Kucinich: raw data in ways to further the bush administration's goal of fraudulently establishing a relationship, not only between iraq and aldie kentucky da, but between iraq and the attacks of

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Dennis J. Kucinich: have at least since 2002 and continuing to the present, repeatedly issued public statements deliberately worded to mislead, words calculated in their implication to bring unrelated actors and

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Dennis J. Kucinich: falsely that there was a connection between iraq and the attacks of 9/11. this was accomplished through well publicized statements by the bush administration, which contrived to continually tie

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Dennis J. Kucinich: will move deliberately to hold iraq to account. it's a new world we're in. we used to think two oceans could separate us from an enemy. on that tragic day, september 11, 2001, we found out that's

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Dennis J. Kucinich: from a speech from president bush in iowa on september 16, 2002. number two, quote, with every step the iraqi regime takes towards gaining and deploying the most terrible weapons, our own options

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Dennis J. Kucinich: that's march 6, 2003, the statement of president bush to the national press conference. number three, quote, the battle of iraq is oneictory in a war on terror that began on september 11, 2001

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Dennis J. Kucinich: of one terrorist that september 11 would be the beginning of the end of america. by seeking to turn our cities into killing fields, terrorists and their allies believe they could destroy this nation's

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Dennis J. Kucinich: unprecedented war against violent islamic extremists. this is an ideologyic conflict we face against killers who try to impose their will. these are the people who attacked us on september

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Dennis J. Kucinich: of president bush at the naval war college in newport, rhode island. gee, notwithstanding his knowledge that there was no credible working relationship between saddam hussein and al qaeda

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Dennis J. Kucinich: falsely represented both explicitly and implicitly and through the misleading use of selectively chosen facts to the citizens of the united states and to the congress that there was and is

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Dennis J. Kucinich: went to iraq. these include one senior al qaeda leader who received medical treatment in baghdad and has been planning for chemical and biological attacks. we've learned that iraq has trained

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Dennis J. Kucinich: saddam hussein using al qaeda to do his dirty work, to not leave fingerprints behind, october 14, 2002. remarks by president bush in michigan. number three, quote, we know he's got ties with

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Dennis J. Kucinich: reveal that saddam hussein aids and protects terrorists, including members of al qaeda secretly and without fingerprints. he could provide one of his hidden weapons to terrorists or help them develop

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Dennis J. Kucinich: nexus between iraq and al qaeda terrorist network, a nexus that combines classic terrorist organizations and modern methods of murder. iraq today harbors a deadly terrorist network, unquote.

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Dennis J. Kucinich: and still goes on. the liberation of iraq, removed an ally of al qaeda. may 1, 2003, speech of president bush on the uss abraham lincoln. h, the senate select committee on intelligence report

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Dennis J. Kucinich: and implications by the president and secretary of state suggesting that iraq and al qaeda had a partnership or that iraq had provided al qaeda with weapons training were not substantiated by the

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Dennis J. Kucinich: through his participation and instance in the breathtaking scope of this deception, the president has used the highest office of trt to wage a campaign of such -- campaign of deception of

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Dennis J. Kucinich: to tens of thousands of our soldiers, the loss of more than one million innocent iraqi civilians since the united states' invasion. the loss of approximately 527 billion in war costs, which has

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Dennis J. Kucinich: loss of united states' credibility in world affairs and the decades of likely blowback created by the invasion of iraq. in all these actions and decisions, president george w. bush has acted

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Dennis J. Kucinich: of the united states. whereforepresident george w. bush, by such conduct is guilty of an impeachable offense warranting removal from office. article iii, misleading the american people and members

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Dennis J. Kucinich: oath to faith fully execute the office of his in violation of his constitutional duty under article ii section 3 that the laws be safely executed has both personally and acting through his agents

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Dennis J. Kucinich: nation of iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction in order to justify the use of united states armed forces against the nation of iraq. in a manner damaging to our national security interests,

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Dennis J. Kucinich: making or causing, authorizing and allowing to be made through highly placed subordinates including the president's chief of staff, the white house press secretary and other white house suppose

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Dennis J. Kucinich: regarding iraq's alleged possession of biological, chemical and nuclear weapons. they were half true, but were misleading and with reckless indifference to their truth as well as omitting to

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Dennis J. Kucinich: his direction and control that iraq's stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, had been destroyed well before 1998 and that there was little, if any, credible intelligence that

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Dennis J. Kucinich: chemical, missile, nuclear were destroyed, unquote. in september, 2002, the defense intelligence agency should a report that concluded, quote, a substantial amount of iraq's chemical warfare agents

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Dennis J. Kucinich: is producing or stockpiling chemical weapons or whether iraq has or will establish its chemical warfare agent production facilities, unquote. . notwithstanding the absence of evidence proving

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Dennis J. Kucinich: certainty that iraq possessed chemical and biological weapons that it was developing to use to attack the united states, twit with, number one, quote, the notion of saddam hussein with his

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Dennis J. Kucinich: cheneyed on cbs' "face the nation" on march 24, 2002. number two, quote, in defiance of the united nations, iraq has stockpiled biological and chemical weapons and is rebuilding the facilities

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Dennis J. Kucinich: tank modified to spray biological agents over a wide area. iraq has developed spray device that could be used on unmanned aerial vehicles with ranging far -- with ranges far beyond what is permitted

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Dennis J. Kucinich: 2002. b, despite overwhelming intelligence in the form of statements and reports filed by and on behalf of the c.i.a., the state department, and the international atomic energy agency, among others which

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Dennis J. Kucinich: from niger to falsely buttress its arguments that iraq was repopulating its nuclear weapons program, including one, quote, the regime has the scientists and facilities to build nuclear

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Dennis J. Kucinich: to deal with issues that have arisen since 1998, including attempts to acquire uranium and the means to enrich it, unquote. this is a letter from president bush to vice president cheney and the

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Dennis J. Kucinich: of uranium from africa, unquote. this is from president bush's state of the union address, january 28, 2003. c, despite overwhelming evidence in the form of reports by nuclear weapons experts from

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Dennis J. Kucinich: use but were identical to ones being used in rockets being manufactured by the iraqis, the president and those under his control persisted in making false and fraudulent representations, implying and stating

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Dennis J. Kucinich: that really are only suited to high quality aluminum tools that are really -- that are only really suited for nuclear weapons programs, centrifuge programs. unquote. that is a statement of

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Dennis J. Kucinich: high-strength aluminum tubes suitable for nuclear weapons production, unquote this from president bush's state of the union address, january 28, 2003. number three, quote, he's made repeated covert

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Dennis J. Kucinich: to serve in centrifuges to enrich uranium. unquote. this is from a speech of former secretary of state colin powell to the united nations, february 5, 2003. d, the president. both personally and

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Dennis J. Kucinich: and presenting a misleading picture of the ileaged -- alleged threat from iraq, facilitated the expo shower the identity of a covert c.i.a. operative and thereafter not only failed to investigate

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Dennis J. Kucinich: the citizens of the united states from discovering the fraudulent nature of the president's claimed justifications for the invasion of iraq. e, the senate select committee on intelligence report

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Dennis J. Kucinich: president prior to the october, 2002, estimate regarding iraq's chemical weapons capabilities did not show the uncertainties as to whether such production was ongoing, unquote. number two,

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Dennis J. Kucinich: was not substantiated by available intelligence information. number three, the chairman of the senate intelligence committee, senator jay rockefeller concluded, quote, in making the case

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Dennis J. Kucinich: to believe that the threat from iraq was much greater than actually existed. unquote. the president has subverted the national security interests of the united states by setting the stage for the

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Dennis J. Kucinich: of approximately $500 billion in war costs which have increased our federal debt with a long-term federal cost of between $2 trillion and $3 trillion. the loss of military readiness within

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Dennis J. Kucinich: creebate the invasion of iraq. in all these actions and decisions, psident george w. bush has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as president and commander in chief and subversive of

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Dennis J. Kucinich: is guilty of an impeachable offense warranting remove from office. article iv. misleading the american people and members of congress to believe iraq posed an imminent threat to the united states.

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Dennis J. Kucinich: of his ability preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states and in violation of his constitutional duty, under article ii, section 3 of the constitution, to take care

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Dennis J. Kucinich: citizens of the united states and the congress of the united states into believing that the nation of iraq posed an imminent threat to the united states in order to justify the eyes of the

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Dennis J. Kucinich: foreign affairs and declaring wa the means used toimplement this deception were and continue to be, first, allowing, authorizing, and sanctioning the manipulation of intelligence analysis by

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Dennis J. Kucinich: placed subordinates, including the vice president, the president's chief of staff, the white house press secretary and other white house spokespersons, the national security advisor and their

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Dennis J. Kucinich: were half true, literally true but misleading, and/or made without ranl basis wand reckless indifference to their truth, as well as omitting facts necessary to present an accurate picture of