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\"peter_podium_gallery.JPG\"<\/a>Impeachment draws interest from activists
\n The Associated Press<\/p>\n

Sunday, May 13
\n WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt. (AP) – Impeachment activists called on U.S. Rep. Peter Welch at an emotional meeting yesterday to initiate impeachment investigations against President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney as they criticized him for supporting additional funding for the war.
\n At the town meeting-style forum, Welch — who said Thursday that he supports a redeployment bill that would fund the war for two more months — told the feisty crowd that his goal was to end the war in Iraq and that impeachment proceedings would interfere and prolong the fighting.<\/p>\n

“History will impeach George Bush. We must end this war,” he said.<\/p>\n

Ben Burd, of Middlebury, disagreed. “We need to judge them now,” he said, asking Welch to stop the funding for the war and call for impeachment. “Let the American people know the truth,” he said.<\/p>\n

About 200 people turned out for the meeting, which was requested by activists. Yesterday, Welch extended the gathering from 90 minutes to two hours so most people who wanted to speak could.<\/p>\n

He praised those involved with the impeachment movement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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