"ON JANUARY 12,1991..BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS VOTED TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF FORCE AGAINST IRAQ. IN THE SENATE,THE VOTE WAS PASSED THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF CONECTICUT'S JOE LIEBERMAN AND VIRGINIA'S REPUBLICAN JOHN WARNER. THE RATIO OF 52-47 WAS THE NARROWEST EVER TO VOTE FOR WAR.
ONE NEWLY ELECTED SENATOR WHO VOTED AGAINST THE RESOLUTION WAS PAUL WELLSTONE OF MINNESOTA.
ON HIS FIRST TRIP TO THE WHITE HOUSE,THE DEMOCRAT HAD CORNERED THE PRESIDENT AND SPOKEN FORCIBLY ABOUT THE INADVISABILITY OF WAR. GEORGE HW BUSH SHOOK HIM OFF AND ASKED "WHO IS THIS CHICKENSHIT?"
(FROM "THE fFAMILY" BY KITTY KELLEY)
"On October 25, 2002, Wellstone, along with seven others, died in an airplane crash in northern Minnesota, at 10:22 a.m. He was his wife, Sheila; one of his three children, Marcia; the 58 years old. The other victims weretwo pilots, his driver, and two campaign staffers."
THEY DIE IN PLANE CRASHES.
ONE NEWLY ELECTED SENATOR WHO VOTED AGAINST THE RESOLUTION WAS PAUL WELLSTONE OF MINNESOTA.
ON HIS FIRST TRIP TO THE WHITE HOUSE,THE DEMOCRAT HAD CORNERED THE PRESIDENT AND SPOKEN FORCIBLY ABOUT THE INADVISABILITY OF WAR. GEORGE HW BUSH SHOOK HIM OFF AND ASKED "WHO IS THIS CHICKENSHIT?"
(FROM "THE fFAMILY" BY KITTY KELLEY)
"On October 25, 2002, Wellstone, along with seven others, died in an airplane crash in northern Minnesota, at 10:22 a.m. He was his wife, Sheila; one of his three children, Marcia; the 58 years old. The other victims weretwo pilots, his driver, and two campaign staffers."
THEY DIE IN PLANE CRASHES.