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AfterDowningStreet.org Coalition Demands Impeachment
Contact: David Swanson 202-329-7847 home http://democrats.com Today, September 10, 2008, at 1 p.m. ET, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D., Ohio) will hold a press conference in Room 2456 in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., to discuss his delivery today to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of petitions calling for the immediate commencement of impeachment…
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Well, this certainly explains it all
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