By Mike Ferner

U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.

Dear Congressman Jones,

Your remarks condemning Richard Perle at the April 6 House Armed Services Committee hearing show your heart has clearly been touched by the senseless tragedies spilling from this war. Your words give encouragement to those of us who long to see our country get out of Iraq and end the death and suffering of countless thousands, including our fellow citizens. Your words give us hope that perhaps your heart and your mind will be open to knowing truths you could not earlier recognize.

You told Perle that you were “incensed” that he had earlier assured Congress of the need for war; that as a result of the war you have signed more than 900 condolence letters to the kin of fallen soldiers, including those of a Marine who left a wife and three children.