U.S. local leaders protest war to Bush

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Source: UPI

WASHINGTON, July 30 (UPI) -- Representatives from some states, cities and towns across America plan to protest the Iraq war.

Representatives and local elders are set to gather in Washington Tuesday "to present their resolutions against the Iraq war to the White House and Congress and demand faster action in ending the war," the Institute for Policy Studies, a left-of-center Washington think tank, said in a statement Monday.

"Since the war began in 2003, some 300 states, cities and towns have passed resolutions or voted on referenda to bring the troops home. These include states ranging from New Hampshire to North Dakota, and cities ranging from Chicago to Maplewood, N.J.," the IPS said.

"In addition to the resolutions, cities and towns in four states (Wisconsin, Illinois, Vermont and Massachusetts) have passed referenda on ballots opposing the war," it said.

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"Democracy in America works best at the local level, where representatives are closest to the needs of the people; in cities and towns across this countries the people are telling their representatives to end this war and rebuild schools, roads, and hospitals in our cities," said Chicago alderman Joe Moore, who will lead the delegation.


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1. What would Joe Biden say?

In the You Tube debate, he defended staying there or else sacrificing the embassy and its Iraqi employees to destruction.