Kucinich Receives 'Champion for Peace' Award from Military Families in L.A.

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Author: Kucinich for President
Published on Feb 26, 2007, 08:09

Ohio Congressman and Democratic Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich, the only Presidential candidate who voted against the original Iraq war authorization and every funding appropriation since, has received the first-ever Champion for Peace Award in Hollywood from a group of families of military members opposed to U.S. involvement in the Iraq War.

Military Families Speak Out honored Kucinich for being "a strong advocate for bringing the troops home now and never wavering from that position despite the politics going on," said Pat Alviso, leader of the organization's Long Beach and South Bay Chapter. His son is currently serving in Iraq.

At the presentation ceremony at the corner of Hollywood and Vine, blocks away from tonight's Academy Awards event, Kucinich said, "The military families are so deserving of support, I think of what it must be like to have a son or daughter in Iraq, knowing they're in harm's way, knowing that there is not a military victory to be won, and to me it's an obligation to support them and an honor to support them."

That support should come in the form of a withdrawal of American forces from an increasingly deadly and dangerous situation. "America must leave Iraq," said Kucinich. "We must leave there now," he said.

"If we really love our troops as the military families do," Kucinich told the crowd, "we should bring them home," he said.


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