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"Count on Rep. Jim Leach. He's going to make waves again as, apparently, the first Republican to sign on to a House resolution demanding disclosure of administration documents related to what's known as the Downing Street memos.

Aides to the Iowa City Republican on Friday confirmed an announcement posted on an anti-war Web site, www. afterdowningstreet.org, saying that Leach will become a co-sponsor of House Resolution 375, authored by Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif.

The resolution, which as of Friday had 39 Democratic co-sponsors, requests that President Bush and the secretary of state send to the House all information in their possession relating to communications with the United Kingdom between Jan. 1, 2002, and Oct. 16, 2002, in connection with Iraq.

This includes telephone and e-mail records, logs, calenders, minutes and memos.">DesMoinesRegister.com: "Count on Rep. Jim Leach. He's going to make waves again as, apparently, the first Republican to sign on to a House resolution demanding disclosure of administration documents related to what's known as the Downing Street memos.

Aides to the Iowa City Republican on Friday confirmed an announcement posted on an anti-war Web site, www. afterdowningstreet.org, saying that Leach will become a co-sponsor of House Resolution 375, authored by Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif.

The resolution, which as of Friday had 39 Democratic co-sponsors, requests that President Bush and the secretary of state send to the House all information in their possession relating to communications with the United Kingdom between Jan. 1, 2002, and Oct. 16, 2002, in connection with Iraq.

This includes telephone and e-mail records, logs, calenders, minutes and memos."