On Tuesday, Vets for Freedom went to Capitol Hill to appeal to the members of the US Congress. Five days prior, they had requested 5 minutes with the Majority Leader and Speaker of the House. Neither Senator Harry Reid or Rep Nancy Pelosi could find the 5 minutes to consider the request of 40 Iraq and Afghanistan veterans to give General Petraeus the chance to pursue victory in Iraq.
Vets for victory links several articles and video of the assault on the Hill:
Here's the NPR story with Pete Hegseth's statement:
Iraq Pullout Date to Test Republicans
If you are interested in getting involved, visit the site. Vets for Victory will be supporting Gen. Petraeus in force in Washington, DC in September.
Semper Fidelis.
Thanks so much for blogging on Vets For Freeedom’s efforts. They’ve done an awesome job the past few weeks. I invite you and your readers to join us at Move America Forward as we launch our national, cross-country “Fight for Victory Tour” this September 3 - 15 ending in DC where we’ll have a rally with a collection of pro-troop groups including Vets for Freedom, Gathering of Eagles, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Free Republic, Protest Warriors and others. It’s a vital time for us to be mobilized and speaking out and it’s for such a just, worthy, noble, and pertinent cause. So let’s kick some butt and stand up to those who wish to force surrender terms upon our troops! http://www.MoveAmericaForward.org
Posted by: Joe Wierzbicki | July 21, 2007 at 06:57 PM
Politicians are only ever out for themselves, if it was close to elections and enough people confronted them they would have bothered then but this is what we expect from our elected goverment.
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