Patrick Kennedy
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Patrick Kennedy is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the 1st district of Rhode Island.
2009 letter on Colombia
From November 6th through December 7th 2009, a letter calling for change in U.S. policy towards Colombia was circulated through the House of Representatives. This letter called for a decrease in U.S. aid for Colombia's military and an increase in support for human rights and humanitarian efforts. The initiators of this letter were —Representatives James McGovern, Jan Schakowsky, Donald Payne, and Mike Honda.
- Dear Secretary of State Clinton,
- The FY 2011 budget will contain the twelfth year of a major aid package to Colombia—an aid package originally slated to phase out after six years.
- After eleven years, it is time to scale down assistance for Colombia's military and more systematically "Colombianize" such programs, within both the State Department and Defense Department budgets.
Signatories included Patrick Kennedy.[1]
Democratic Socialists of Milwaukee Closed Facebook Group
Members of Milwaukee Democratic Socialists of America Closed Facebook Group, March 2017, included Patrick Kennedy.[2]