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Kerry's Boston office evacuated due to suspicious package in the mailroom
By adamg on Thu, 02/18/2010 - 4:40pm
The Boston Fire Department reports workers at John Kerry's 1 Bowdoin Square office were evacuated around noon. Workers were allowed back in an hour later after a hazmat crew determined the package was stable enough to be transported to a state lab. The Herald reports the package may contain cooking oil.
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minor correction...
not the state police lab, it was brought to the J.P. lab, which is the Department of Public Health lab.
Protesters outside Kerry's office
The Herald mentions that "protesters were outside" Kerry's office but doesn't give details. Here's an event announcement I received in my e-mail last week. I did not attend this event (though I thought about doing so):
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Brown Bag Lunch Vigil: End the Afghanistan War
When: Thursday, February 18, 2010, 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
Where: Downstairs from Sen. John Kerry's office • One Bowdoin Square • Boston
Let us know you'll be there!
UJP joins a nationwide series of Brown Bag Lunch Vigils on the theme, "Healthcare Not Warfare", sponsored by Progressive Democrats of America. We will carry signs "Stop the Afghanistan War" and present petitions to Sen. Kerry's staff. We hope to continue this vigil every month.
Since President Obama announced Dec. 1 that he will escalate the Afghanistan war by sending 30,000 additional troops, the disastrous failure of the Administration's war policy is becoming more apparent.
Afghanistan cannot be subdued by force. The war is causing rising civilian casualties and Afghan resentment of foreign forces. 2009 was the worst year since 2001 for Afghan children, and NATO forces killed civilians in multiple recent incidents. The UN reported that 2,412 civilians were killed in Afghanistan in 2009, a 14% increase over 2008.
Opposition to Obama's war is stirring in Congress. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) plans to introduce a privileged resolution repealing Congressional authorization for the war. Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) will offer a bill to require an exit strategy. And Rep. Barbara Lee's (D-CA) HR.3699 withholds funds to pay for any increased troop levels. We call on Sen. Kerry to join these voices and oppose war funding.
At a time when millions of Americans are jobless and cities and towns across the country are slashing budgets for basic services, we urgently need to challenge the Administration's budgetary priorities. Starve the war, not the nation! Across the country students, teachers, women, the disabled, hospital and healthcare workers, the homeless, domestic workers, the unemployed, seniors and many others are protesting deep budget cuts to essential programs.
It's time to join our efforts for a just economy with our call for peace and to tell Congress we can't afford war anymore. Join us in a monthly Brown Bag Lunch Vigil (BBLV) at congressional offices, starting with Sen. Kerry's office.
Sponsored by UJP Afghanistan Task Force, Veterans for Peace/Smedley Butler Brigade, and PDA. Email us at [email protected]!
only in Boston
could John Kerry be considered a war-monger.