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marasinghe

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Reply to annm4peace (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 30, 2013, 02:38 AM

Oct 2013

Five - yes, exactly 5 - congress people, had the humanity to turn up at the hearing and listen to these kids talk about their Grandma's murder by the US Govt..

Published on Tuesday, October 29, 2013 by Common Dreams:

Congressional No-Show at 'Heart-Breaking' Drone Survivor Hearing

In "historic" briefing, Rehman family gives heartbreaking account of drone killing of 65-year-old grandmother... to five lawmakers

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/10/29-3

Thanks, Mr. Grayson; for trying to do the right thing.

And fuck the majority of your congressional colleagues.

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Drone Survivors Speak at Congressional Briefing Called by Rep. Grayson 10/29 [View all] annm4peace Oct 2013 OP

please make a comment if your local news or national showed this hearing annm4peace Oct 2013 #1

reposting this: marasinghe Oct 2013 #3

Not a word of it where I live legcramp Oct 2013 #2

Isn't this disgraceful, though. What could be more important than that? Golf? delrem Oct 2013 #4

There were other important hearings that day annm4peace Oct 2013 #5

Thanks again. Alan Grayson for doing the job you were elected to do. sabrina 1 Oct 2013 #6

When they're flying overhead..... DeSwiss Oct 2013 #7