Florida Groups Push For End To War POSTED: 3:03 pm EDT August 7, 2007
KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Florida For Peace pushed for a meeting with Sen. Bill Nelson at the Kissimmee library on Tuesday.
Members said they want Nelson to stand against President George W. Bush and end the war in Iraq.
Many groups congregated at the library to meet with Nelson, including Code Pink: Women For Peace.
Members said they feel Nelson has been supporting the war and want him to be one of 67 senators to override a presidential veto and bring troops home.
"I think he needs to realize he's hurting these troops more by not saying, 'Enough is enough' it's time to come home, and let's come up with a plan,' so the only way that's going to happen is to stop funding," Deidra Lynch of Florida For Peace said.
"We need to start phasing down, but keeping troops there to train the Iraqi army, to go after al Qaida and to provide protection for our troops there, but start removing our troops," Nelson said.
Nelson will meet with Osceola County leaders next, one of more than a dozen town hall meetings being held in Central Florida in the coming days.
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FFP Florida For Peace Yahoo Group and TNJP coverage of the Focus on Nelson campaign
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