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According To Recent Opinion Polls, A Large Majority Of Iraqis Believe That The U.s. Military Has No Intention To Leave Iraq, And That It Would Stay Even Is Asked By The Iraqi Government To Leave.

It Is Distressing To Me That We Live In An Age In Which We Still Must Fight To Protect Our Civil Rights As Americans, In Which A Hate Crime Perpetrated Against Someone Based Their Sexual Orientation Can Go Unpunished, And In Which Discrimination Is Being Written Into Our Laws.

Back In 1792, Dr. Benjamin Banneker, The Famed African-american Inventor And Scientist In Washington, Proposed A Department Of Peace For The New Nation To His Friends George Washington And Thomas Jefferson. His Prophetic Suggestion Was Not Implemented; But Now, More Than 200 Years Later, The Need For A Peace Department Is Too Compelling To Ignore.

My Friends In The Congress, I Have Known Coretta King Since I Went South During The Civil Rights Movement As A Lawyer. She Was A Vibrant, Consistent, Totally Dedicated Partner With Her Husband.

Our System Of Private Health Insurance That Fails To Provide Coverage To So Many Of Our Citizens Also Contributes To The Double-digit Health Care Inflation That Is Making America Less Competitive In The Global Economy.