{"article":{"id":137282,"heading":"SAT. 10\/15: Iraq Vets & CodePink to Challenge Sen. Clinton Support for War","author":"CodePink","created":"2005-10-16 01:54:42","modified":"2005-10-16 02:52:38","last_modified":"Sun, 16 Oct 2005 09:52:38","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>As the Death Toll of American Troops in Iraq Nears the 2000 Mark,\r\nIraq 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\r\n\r\nWHEN: Saturday, October 15th at 12:30 PM\r\n\r\nWHERE: Outside Sen. Clinton Fundraiser at the home of Marta Kauffman\r\n335 Rimpau (near 3rd St.) in Hancock Park section of Los Angeles\r\n\r\nWHO: Iraq Veterans Against the War joined by CodePink Women for Peace will\r\ndistribute copies of Sen. Clinton's pro-war voting record to donors and hold\r\nbanners that read \"Bring the Troops Home Now!\" and \"Hillary, take a REAL stand\r\nfor America- Troops Home Now.\"\r\n\r\nLOS ANGELES, CA (Oct. 15) -- Iraq Veterans Against the War CodePink Women for\r\nPeace, and their supporters, will join forces outside a 'Hollywood'\r\nstar-studded fundraiser for Senator Hilary Rodham Clinton to challenge the potential\r\n2008 Presidential candidate's support for the war in Iraq.\r\n\r\nSenator Clinton voted to authorize President Bush to use force in Iraq and, like most\r\nSenate Democrats, has done little to bring the troops home. Clinton, in fact,\r\nhas filed legislation calling for more troops.\r\n\r\n''The vast majority of the Americans are opposed to this war,\" said Tim\r\nGoodrich, co-founder of Iraq Veterans Against the War. \"We must hold our\r\nelected officials accountable to the people they represent and make them show some\r\nleadership by bringing our troops home now.\"\r\n\r\nTo date, 1970 Americans have been killed in the war in Iraq. So far this\r\nmonth, 37 American troops lost their lives, and in September 49 American troops\r\ndied in Iraq.\r\n\r\nA CNN\/USA Today\/Gallup poll last month found that 59 percent of people\r\nsurveyed considered the 2003 invasion of Iraq a mistake, 63 percent said they wanted\r\nto see some or all U.S. troops withdrawn, and only 32 percent approved of\r\nBush's handling of the conflict.\r\n\r\n\"Since CodePink was founded before the war began, we have never been afraid\r\nof holding both Republican and Democratic leaders' feet to the fire,\" said\r\nCodePink organizer Tiffany Burns. \"This is a war based on lies and it's time\r\nSen. Clinton said so.\"\r\n\r\nParticipants in the growing anti-war movement are beginning to follow the\r\nlead of groups like CodePink that are focusing their attention on those in\r\nCongress who continue to oppose withdrawal from Iraq.\r\n\r\nSenator Clinton will be visiting the Los Angeles area this weekend to attend a series of\r\nhigh-dollar donor fundraisers including this luncheon held at a private home on\r\nSaturday, October 15th, hosted by Hollywood celebrity couples and Democratic Party\r\nsupporters Barbara Streisand and James Brolin, Danny Devito and Rhea Perlman.\r\n\r\nThe invitation to the luncheon reads \"we must stand with Senator Clinton as\r\nshe stands up for what we believe in. Hillary is and always has been our\r\nchampion in the White House and the Senate\" And she's \"strongest, most passionate\r\nand intelligent Democrats\"\r\n\r\n###<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"As the Death Toll of American Troops in Iraq Nears the 2000 Mark,\r\nIraq 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\r\n\r\nWHEN: Saturday, October 15th at 12:30 PM\r\n\r\nWHERE: Outside Sen. Clinton Fundraiser at the home of Marta Kauffman\r\n335 Rimpau (near 3rd St.) in Hancock Park section of Los Angeles","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2005\/10\/137282.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}