Give us a wink, Congressman Lantos! Our SMCDFA Visit

by Carole Dorshkind [courtesy of Blog for America]

On Friday six peace-loving, dedicated San Mateo County (CA) Democracy for America members visited Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA 12), Chair of the House Foreign Relations Committee, to ask him to continue to support the efforts to get out of Iraq.

Check out the excellent diary created by one of the group on Daily Kos and find out why we're watching  for Lantos' wink: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/8/31/172930/691

Give us a wink Congressman Lantos! Our SMCDFA Visit by Heather in SFBay Fri Aug 31, 2007 at 08:05:50 PM PDT

According to Tom Lantos, he told us he's going to have one of the busiest Congressional schedules he's had in his career this next week.

The question is, busy or not, will it be as productive as we hope?

Oh that, and will I really be able to tell if the Congressman winks?

• Heather in SFBay's diary :: ::

Though the website has yet to post it's schedule, his House Committee on Foreign Affairs is scheduled to have 3 hearings within the next week.  On tap are hearings on the recent GAO report that seems to say things aren't going so well in Iraq along with a discussion about what to do next, and the coup de grâce, the upcoming testimony of the White House General Petraeus & Ambassador Crocker...all sound like wonderful entertainment/sources of frustration for C-Span junkies...and those with TiVo!

I'm one of those Deanics of years past (and present!) and a proud member of the dynamic Democratic club San Mateo County Democracy for America (SMCDFA) here in the San Francisco Bay Area and was honored to be part of the small but mighty delegation that just had a little lunch time chat with the Congressman.  We were there to speak as members of the coalition called the Resolution Peace Network and presented a letter asking for him to continue to support the efforts to get out of Iraq.  (Letter at the bottom of the diary.)