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As Bush Commits More Troops to Iraq, UFPJ Calls For March on Washington to End War

2007-01-11

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We speak with Leslie Cagan, the national director of United For Peace and Justice. The group has called for a March on Washington on January 27 to end the war. Cagan says, "I do not think anybody really understood just how deeply the feeling against the war is in this country was until Nov. 7th." [includes rush transcript]