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Agence France Presse 20 October, 2004

Dr. John Hagelin, President of the US Peace Government delivers pre-election advice to US President George W. Bush and Senator Kerry 20 October 2004, at the Jefferson Hotel in Washington, DC. Hagelin outlined plans to end the escalating violence and win the peace in Iraq during this news conference. The US Peace Government was established on 04 July, 2003 to bring prevention-oriented, problem-free administration to America. Its mission is to prevent social violence, terrorism and war, and to promote peace and harmony throughout the world. This knowledge-based, complementary government is composed of hundreds of America's top scientists, medical doctors, educators, and other leading experts on the deepest principles of total Natural Law-the Unified Field-and its practical application through Maharishi's Vedic Science and Technologies of Consciousness.