Veterans ask President-elect to call for cease-fire in Iraq, Afghanistan

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, November 10, 2008
Contact: Debra Reiger, Veterans for Peace, 916/698-8131 or 916/996-9170

ATTN: Daybook/Assignment Desk



Veterans Day event: Vets will ask
country's new President, elected leaders
to call for a cease-fire in Iraq, Afghanistan

SACRAMENTO – Area veterans will make a Veterans Day request Tuesday by
asking the country's new Commander-in-Chief and President-Elect Barack
Obama – and newly elected members of Congress – for an immediate cease-fire
and end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Veterans for Peace will make the announcement at a news conference, and
rally, on Veterans Day, Tuesday at 9:45 a.m. at Arden Fair Mall (Arden &
Heritage).

"Memorials and parades are one thing, but war veterans know the best thing
you can do to support and protect troops is to bring them home safety,
especially from a war virtually everyone now admits was a mistake from the
beginning.

"We want the new President and Congress to call for an immediate
cease-fire, and a plan to bring our comrades home now," said Veterans for
Peace/Sacramento.

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