From March 14th to 16th 2008, Pacifica Radio provided coverage of the historic Winter Soldier 2008 gathering in Washington, DC.
National broadcast (April 22nd) on the first class action lawsuit brought by Iraq war veterans against the Department of Veterans Affairs. US vets suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder are alleging a system-wide breakdown in the way the government treats injured soldiers.
When young American men and women sign up to serve in the US military, our government makes a basic promise to them: that if they are wounded in the line of duty they will get the care they need. Unfortunately, for tens of thousands of veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, that's a promise that only exists on paper.
Corporal Phillipe Louis Jean: When I Got Back from Iraq, They Tried to Deport Me
Specialist Joshua Casteel: Abu Ghraib Interrogator Meets With the Pope
Lance Corporal Jeff Key: Gay Marine Comes Out on CNN
Sergeant Todd Bowers: While I Was in Iraq, My Student Loans Were Sent to Collection
Sergeant James Dean: Afghan Vet Shot by Maryland State Troopers
Geoff Millard is Iraq Veterans Against the War's representative on Capital Hill. We'll here from him momentarily. Here, he shows our producer Esther Manilla his new tatoos.
GO JEFF!
Can't wait to hear your testimony! Sounds great from TEXAS! I like that tattoo!
Thank you Geoff
And KPFA. So glad to be back in the Bay Area. Just back from Keesler AFB, MS. My husband is on his way to Iraq. These hearings tear my heart out, they must be heard. I have posted a direct link to the hearings at my site. Thank you KPFA and IAVA.