Forum focuses on 'Downing St. memo'

Democrats urge inquiry into whether Bush misled nation on war

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Amid new questions about President Bush's drive to topple Saddam Hussein, several House Democrats urged lawmakers on Thursday to conduct an official inquiry to determine whether the president intentionally misled Congress.

Rep. John Conyers of Michigan and a half-dozen other members of Congress were stopped at the White House gate when they hand-delivered petitions signed by 560,000 Americans who want Bush to provide a detailed response to the so-called Downing Street memo.

At a public forum where the word "impeachment" loomed large earlier in the day, Exhibit A was the Downing Street memo, a prewar document leaked from inside the British government to The Sunday Times of London a month and a half ago.

Conyers, the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, organized the event.


Rep. John Conyers delivers petitions to an unidentified aide at the White House Thursday.


On June 7, President Bush said there was no decision made in 2002 to go to war with Iraq.

Can you feel it? I can, and I live in Muncie, In.. A gentle breeze is starting to blow out of Washington. Centered around the Dems. It is building and will soon reach the whole nation. Hopefully it will be strong enough to blow down the corruption in Washington and we'll once again have a truely free America! Can you feel it?

Semper Fi