From March 14th to 16th 2008, Pacifica Radio provided coverage of the historic Winter Soldier 2008 gathering in Washington, DC.
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On this "Super Tuesday" primary, it's worth noting that
members of the US
military favored antiwar candidates with their campaign dollars. According to
the Center
for Responsive Politics, they gave the most money to Texas Republican Ron
Paul, who voted against the Iraq
war and advocates a complete and immediate withdrawal of all US
troops, with at least $212,000 in contributions. Barack Obama was second with
about $94,000.
Here at War Comes Home, we first noticed this trend back in October, when the Houston Chronicle reported Paul and Obama were getting the most money from members of the Armed Services.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/01/military.suicides/index.htmlEvery day, five U.S. soldiers try to kill themselves.
Before the Iraq war began, that figure was less than one suicide attempt a day.
A U.S. soldier patrols the streets of Baghdad in January.
The dramatic increase is revealed in new U.S. Army figures, which show 2,100 soldiers tried to commit suicide in 2007.
http://www.prosefights.org/banderet/banderet.htm" TA
Our troops and their families are under unprecedented levels of stress due to the pace and frequency of more than five years of deployments," Webb said in a written statement.