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Name:   Dennis J. Kucinich

Title: U.S. Representative (D-OH)

Position: Con to the question "Should the U.S. have attacked Iraq?"

Reasoning:

"Unilateral military action by the United States against Iraq is unjustified, unwarranted, and illegal. The Administration has failed to make the case that Iraq poses an imminent threat to the United States.

There is no credible evidence linking Iraq to 9/11. There is no credible evidence linking Iraq to Al Qaeda. Nor is there any credible evidence that Iraq possesses deliverable weapons of mass destruction, or that it intends to deliver them against the United States."

"The Bloodstained Path," The Progressive
November, 2002

Credibility
Ranking:
 Experts
PhD's, JD's (lawyers), Judges, Members of Congress, Ambassadors, Consulate Generals, heads of government, Cabinet-level positions, military generals/admirals, Chief Weapons Inspectors, members of legislative bodies with significant involvement in, or related to, the U.S.- Iraq conflict.

Involvement:
  • 1997 - Present - U.S. House of Representatives (D-OH)
  • 1995 - 1997 - State Senator, Ohio
  • 1983 - 1985 - Councilman, Cleveland
  • 1977 - 1979 - Mayor, Cleveland
  • 1975 - 1977 - Clerk, Cleveland Municipal Courts
  • 1970 - 1975 - Councilman, Cleveland
  • 1972 - Democratic nominee for Congress

Education:
  • M.A., Case Western Reserve University, 1973
  • B.A., Cleveland State University, 1970

Affiliations/
Honors:
  • Member, Government Reform Committee
  • Member, Education and the Workforce Committee
  • Official United States delegate to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change, 1998 and 2004
  • Attendee, World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2002
  • 2003 - Gandhi Peace Award recipient

Contact Info:
Phone: 202-225-5871, Washington office Fax: 202-225-5745, Washington office
E-Mail: Online Contact Form
Web Site: U.S. House of Representatives page

Other: Selected Publications:
  • "Time for U.S. to Withdraw," USA Today, 5/17/05
  • A Prayer for America, New York: Nation Books, 2003
  • "The Bloodstained Path," The Progressive, 66(11), 2002
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