by CodePink
Sunday, Oct. 16, 2005 at 1:54 AM
As the Death Toll of American Troops in Iraq Nears the 2000 Mark,
Iraq Veterans Against the War and CodePink Join Forces to Challenge Senator Hillary Clinton on her Pro-War Record Outside 'Hollywood' Star-Studded Fundraiser on Saturday
WHEN: Saturday, October 15th at 12:30 PM
WHERE: Outside Sen. Clinton Fundraiser at the home of Marta Kauffman
335 Rimpau (near 3rd St.) in Hancock Park section of Los Angeles
As the Death Toll of American Troops in Iraq Nears the 2000 Mark,
Iraq Veterans Against the War and CodePink Join Forces to Challenge Senator Hillary Clinton on her Pro-War Record Outside 'Hollywood' Star-Studded Fundraiser on Saturday
WHEN: Saturday, October 15th at 12:30 PM
WHERE: Outside Sen. Clinton Fundraiser at the home of Marta Kauffman
335 Rimpau (near 3rd St.) in Hancock Park section of Los Angeles
WHO: Iraq Veterans Against the War joined by CodePink Women for Peace will
distribute copies of Sen. Clinton's pro-war voting record to donors and hold
banners that read "Bring the Troops Home Now!" and "Hillary, take a REAL stand
for America- Troops Home Now."
LOS ANGELES, CA (Oct. 15) -- Iraq Veterans Against the War CodePink Women for
Peace, and their supporters, will join forces outside a 'Hollywood'
star-studded fundraiser for Senator Hilary Rodham Clinton to challenge the potential
2008 Presidential candidate's support for the war in Iraq.
Senator Clinton voted to authorize President Bush to use force in Iraq and, like most
Senate Democrats, has done little to bring the troops home. Clinton, in fact,
has filed legislation calling for more troops.
''The vast majority of the Americans are opposed to this war," said Tim
Goodrich, co-founder of Iraq Veterans Against the War. "We must hold our
elected officials accountable to the people they represent and make them show some
leadership by bringing our troops home now."
To date, 1970 Americans have been killed in the war in Iraq. So far this
month, 37 American troops lost their lives, and in September 49 American troops
died in Iraq.
A CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll last month found that 59 percent of people
surveyed considered the 2003 invasion of Iraq a mistake, 63 percent said they wanted
to see some or all U.S. troops withdrawn, and only 32 percent approved of
Bush's handling of the conflict.
"Since CodePink was founded before the war began, we have never been afraid
of holding both Republican and Democratic leaders' feet to the fire," said
CodePink organizer Tiffany Burns. "This is a war based on lies and it's time
Sen. Clinton said so."
Participants in the growing anti-war movement are beginning to follow the
lead of groups like CodePink that are focusing their attention on those in
Congress who continue to oppose withdrawal from Iraq.
Senator Clinton will be visiting the Los Angeles area this weekend to attend a series of
high-dollar donor fundraisers including this luncheon held at a private home on
Saturday, October 15th, hosted by Hollywood celebrity couples and Democratic Party
supporters Barbara Streisand and James Brolin, Danny Devito and Rhea Perlman.
The invitation to the luncheon reads "we must stand with Senator Clinton as
she stands up for what we believe in. Hillary is and always has been our
champion in the White House and the Senate" And she's "strongest, most passionate
and intelligent Democrats"
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