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More copies of this ISBN:Mr. Galloway Goes To Washingtonby George Galloway
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:A lively, rousing account from the Briton who took DC by storm. "As a matter of fact, I have met Saddam Hussein exactly the same number of times as Donald Rumsfeld. The difference is Donald Rumsfeld met him to sell him guns and to give him maps the better to target those guns. I met him to try and bring about an end to sanctions, suffering, and war." — George Galloway in the U.S. Senate, May 2005 In late spring of2005, George Galloway, a newly elected British member of Parliament, came to Washington, D.C., to appear before a Senate subcommittee that claimed — without ever talking to him — that he had enriched himself through the scandal-plagued Iraq oil-for-food program. What happened next was a rare political moment: to the surprise of the assembled senators, congressional aides, and press, Galloway turned the tables on his accusers, calling attention to the dishonesty and hypocrisy that led to the war in Iraq. This is the story of Galloway's relationship with Saddam Hussein (including details of their private meetings) and of his remarkable visit to Washington in which he dared to set the record straight — not just his own record, but also that of the U.S. government. Filled with the passion and wit that are Galloway trademarks, the book includes the complete transcript of the famed Senate testimony and is packed with facts about the U.S.'s ignominious history in Iraq — facts that are easy to forget but crucial to remember. Book News Annotation:British MP George Galloway, who was booted from the Labour Party over
his vociferous opposition to the invasion of Iraq and went on to form
the new Respect Party, traveled to Washington in May of 2005 to
testify before the US Senate's Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs in answer to accusations that he was involved in
Iraqi Oil-for- Food program corruption and other scandals. His
performance before the committee, in which he disputed the
accusations against him and issued a stinging rebuke of the
pre-invasion sanctions against Iraq and the illegal war of George W.
Bush and his own Prime Minister, galvanized many antiwar sympathizers
in the United States who were unused to that level of defiance by a
Senate witness. The transcript of that testimony occupies about a
third of this slim volume, which also contains a pair of essays in
which Galloway describes his involvement with Iraq over the years and
the circumstances of his trip to Washington.
Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Book News Annotation:British MP George Galloway, who was booted from the Labour Party over
his vociferous opposition to the invasion of Iraq and went on to form
the new Respect Party, traveled to Washington in May of 2005 to
testify before the US Senate's Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs in answer to accusations that he was involved in
Iraqi Oil-for- Food program corruption and other scandals. His
performance before the committee, in which he disputed the
accusations against him and issued a stinging rebuke of the
pre-invasion sanctions against Iraq and the illegal war of George W.
Bush and his own Prime Minister, galvanized many antiwar sympathizers
in the United States who were unused to that level of defiance by a
Senate witness. The transcript of that testimony occupies about a
third of this slim volume, which also contains a pair of essays in
which Galloway describes his involvement with Iraq over the years and
the circumstances of his trip to Washington.
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