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Stance:
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Bring troops home and stabilize Iraq
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Description:
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On 8 January, 2007 Dennis Kucinich unveiled his comprehensive exit plan to bring the troops home and stabilize Iraq. The Plan includes the following steps:
1. Announce that the US will end the occupation, close the military bases, and withdraw.
2. Announce that existing funds will be used to bring the troops and the necessary equipment home.
3. Order a simultaneous return of all U.S. contractors to the United States and turn over the contracting work to the Iraqi government
4. Convene a regional conference for the purpose of developing a security and stabilization force for Iraq.
5. Prepare an international security peacekeeping force to move in, replacing U.S. troops, who then return home.
6. Develop and fund a process of national reconciliation.
7. Restart programs for reconstruction and creating jobs for the Iraqi people.
8. Provide reparations for the damage that has been done to the lives of Iraqis.
9. Assure the political sovereignty of Iraq and making sure that their oil isn't stolen.
10. Repair the Iraqi economy.
11. Guarantee economic sovereignty for Iraq
12. Commence an international truth and reconciliation process, which establishes a policy of truth and reconciliation between the people of the United States and Iraq.
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Citations:
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South Carolina Democratic debate transcript (8/2/07)
"No. I think it's inconsistent to tell the American people that you oppose the war and, yet, you continue to vote to fund the war. Because every time you vote to fund the war, you're reauthorizing the war all over again.
As a matter of fact, my good friends here from the Senate just came back from Washington, D.C., where they voted to continue funding the war. The Democrats have the power to end the war right now, and that's what we should do.
They were under no obligation to give George Bush any money at all. The money's in the pipeline to bring the troops home. And that's exactly what ought to be done, at this moment.
I have a plan, H.R. 1234, a plan to end the war in Iraq, which calls on the international community to provide peacekeepers and security forces that will move in as our troops leave. But we can't do that until we determine we're going to end the occupation. And we will do that when we stop the funding.
Furthermore, I don't think that it's sufficient to say that if we had the information at the beginning that we would have voted differently.
That information was available to everyone. And, if you made the wrong choice, we're auditioning here for president of the United States. People have to see who had the judgment and the wisdom not to go to war in the first place, and I made the choice not to go to war."
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Speech on Iraq (7/9/07)
He gives a speech and outlines a plan to bring the troops home and stabalize Iraq.
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Kucinich's replies @ Aug. 7, '07 Dem. Pres. Debate (11/16/07)
Kucinich wants to end Iraq and end funding.
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ALL of Dennis Kucinich's replies @ 11-15-07 Dem. debate (11/16/07)
Kucinich says he is the only candidate who has voted against the war and against war funding.
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No More Blood For Oil (10/25/07)
A commercial by Dennis Kucinich on Iraq.
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Kucinich: Get Ready to Read Bush His Miranda Rights (10/22/07)
"Now the people in the Administration of George Bush better remember their Miranda rights, because when I'm elected President I'm going to see that they are arrested. I'm not kidding here!" - Dennis Kucinich
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