Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis John Kucinichis an American politician. A former U.S. Representative from Ohio, serving from 1997 to 2013, he was also a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in the 2004 and 2008 Presidential elections...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth8 October 1946
CountryUnited States of America
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It underscores Minnesota's forward-looking approach to government, ... That's what Minnesota is about. It's the one state where new ideas are welcomed.
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the United States must seize this moment and end the occupation of Iraq.
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This is a state where I feel right at home.
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The fact of the matter is we went after Iraq for oil. And the fact of the matter is that the United States has degraded our role as a great nation by attacking this nation that had no capacity to attack the United States and no intention of doing so, that didn't have anything to do with 9/11, didn't have weapons of mass destruction.
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Iraq does not pose an imminent threat to the United States of any of its neighboring nations.
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Today we're faced with over 500 casualties, a cost of over $200 billion. And it could rise - the casualties could go into thousands and the cost could go over half a trillion - if we stay there for years.
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To me, it isn't just about whether I win. It's about whether the American people win. By staying in this campaign, it gives the people a voice.
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The WTO, as long as we belong to it, will not let us protect the jobs, ... This is the reason why we have outsourcing going on right now. We can't tax it. We can't put tariffs on it.
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This community has had its heart broken, everyone is grieving.
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This is a struggle for the soul of the Democratic Party, which in too many cases has become so corporate and identified with corporate interests that you can't tell the difference between Democrats and Republicans.
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The taxpayers of this country have a right to know whether or not their tax dollars were, or are, being used to manipulate the news, falsify intelligence or mislead the public.
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I happened to have the privilege of serving in Congress. It will be 16 years at the end of this term. And I think I made a difference here on important issues.
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It's right here, and it's happened because four members of Congress put aside any kind of differences that we may have had in the run-up to the war and the conduct of the war, and we're saying this is the way to bring our troops home,
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Inspectors general play a vital role in ensuring that taxpayers' funds are used properly, ... The fact that the DOD has not had an IG on the ground in Iraq for at least six months raises serious questions about the DOD's priorities and their ability to handle the war spending in an honest and transparent way.