OK, it's not a "hearing" because the Republicans won't support it, and it's in the basement of the Capitol, a spot we've become familiar with. But it's an effort by Congresswomen Woolsey and Lee to get at some truth.
Press Release:
Congressional Progressive Caucus
"62 Strong and Growing"
PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS CO-CHAIRS AND MEMBERS TO HOST FIRST IN SERIES OF PUBLIC FORUMS AND AD HOC HEARINGS: WOULD WAR WITH IRAN HELP OR HURT U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY?
Who: Progressive Caucus Co-Chairwomen Barbara Lee and Lynn Woolsey, and U.S. Representatives Peter DeFazio and Dennis Kucinich, and additional Progressive Caucus Members hosting:
* Ms. Samantha Power - Professor and Former Executive Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights at Harvard University and author of the widely-acclaimed, thought-provoking book entitled "A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide." She will address: The Use of Force and Key Questions About the Bush Doctrine of Preemptive Warfare in the Post 9/11 World.
* Dr. Jessica Tuchman Matthews - President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and author of "Power Shift", which was chosen by the editors of Foreign Affairs Magazine as one of the most influential articles in that journal's 75 years of publication. She will address: U.S. - Iran Relations: Would War with Iran Help or Hurt U.S. National Security?
What: This is the first in an on-going series of public forums and ad hoc
Congressional hearings to be hosted by the Progressive Caucus and featuring
some of our nation's most thoughtful historians, statesmen, public policy
analysts, and scholars to share their insights and advice on the growing
confrontation with the Government of Iran and more broadly on the Bush
doctrine of preemptive warfare as national security strategy
When: May 24th from 3:00 - 5:00 P.M.
Where: HC-9 in the U.S. Capitol
Contact: Bill Goold at (202) 225-1882 or Bill.Goold@mail.house.gov
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Introduction for Samantha Power
Samantha Power is a Professor of Practice at Harvard's John F.
Kennedy School of Government. Her recent book, "A Problem
from Hell": America and the Age of Genocide, was awarded the
2003 Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction, the 2003 National
Book Critics Circle Award for general non-fiction, and the
Council on Foreign Relations' Arthur Ross Prize for the best
book in U.S. foreign policy. Power was the founding executive
director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy (1998-
2002). From 1993-1996, Power covered the wars in the former
Yugoslavia as a reporter for the U.S. News and World Report,
the Boston Globe, and the Economist. She currently contributes
to the New Yorker and The New York Review of Books. Power is
the editor, with Graham Allison, of Realizing Human Rights:
Moving from Inspiration to Impact (St. Martin's, 2000). A
graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School, she
moved to the United States from Ireland at the age of nine. She
is currently working on a book on the United Nations.
She will address the topic of : The Use of Force and Key
Questions About the Bush Doctrine of Preemptive Warfare in
the Post 9/11 World.
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Introduction for Dr. Jessica Tuchman Matthews
Dr. Jessica Tuchman Matthews was appointed President of
the Carnegie Endowment for Peace in 1997. Her career
includes posts in the executive and legislative branches of
government, in management and research in the nonprofit
arena, and in journalism.
She was a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations
from 1993 to 1997 and served as the director of the
Council's Washington program. While there, she
published her seminal 1997 Foreign Affairs article, "Power
Shift", chosen by the editors as one of the most influential
in the journal's 75 years.
From 1982 to 1993, she was founding vice president and
director of research of the World Resources Institute, an
internationally known center for policy research on
environmental and natural-resource management issues.
She served on the editorial board of the Washington Post
from 1980 to 1982, covering energy, environment, science,
technology, arms control, health, and other issues. Later,
she became a weekly columnist for the Washington Post,
writing a column that appeared nationwide and in the
International Herald Tribune.
From 1977 to 1979, she was director of the Office of
Global Issues of the National Security Council, covering
nuclear proliferation, conventional arms sales policy,
chemical and biological warfare, and human rights. In
1993, she returned to government as deputy to the
Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs.
She will address the topic of : U.S.-Iran Relations: Would
War with Iran Hurt or Help U.S. National Security?
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Where you can support Lynn Woolsey's efforts for peace and help her fend off a serious challenge in the coming Primary:
http://www.woolseyforpeace.org