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Friday, November 07, 2003
Join Veterans for Peace on Nov. 11
Friends of the Bush administration, like Halliburton and Bechtel, are getting rich off the deaths of American GIs and Iraqi civilians. The Senate and the House just approved another $87 billion for W.'s illegal enterprise in the Middle East. But this government gives only lip service to supporting our troops.
Veterans for Peace says the best way to support American troops is to bring them home from the war and occupation in Iraq – and take care of them when they get here. Stand up and be counted with our winter soldiers at a Veterans' Day event at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (7100 Georgia Ave. NW; Metrobus #70 or #71 from the Silver Spring Metro), sponsored by the group's Baltimore and Washington chapters. On Tuesday, Nov. 11, assemble at 10:30 a.m. at the amphitheater (50 yards south of Walter Reed's main gate) for a press conference to start at 11:11 a.m. A vigil and leafleting will take place from noon to 4 p.m., followed by an open bullhorn event that will end at 7 p.m.
For more information, contact the Baltimore and DC chapters of Veterans for Peace at 301/324-8798 or send an e-mail here.
DC Metro Action is published by Michael Schlesinger, a 32-year veteran of electoral and issue organizing who is committed to social justice and to increasing participation in the political process.
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