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Charles Sheehan-Miles served in combat with the 24th Infantry Division during the 1991 Gulf War, and was decorated for valor for helping rescue fellow tank crewmen from a burning tank during the Battle at Rumayla. He is a former President and co-founder of the National Gulf War Resource Center and later was executive director of Veterans for Common Sense.
(4 comments)Thursday, January 17, 2008 Times Under Fire for "Vet Bashing" SHARE
On Sunday, the New York Times ran a lengthy article chronicling a series of homicides committed by Iraq and Afghanistan veterans over the last several years-more than 120 killings here in the United States. Now, the Times is under fire, according to some articles and bloggers, for perpetuating "The Killer Vet lie" and "Vet-Bashing."
(2 comments)Tuesday, January 1, 2008 New Years action: Giving away my book SHARE
I've never been one for New Years resolutions. Quit smoking? Yeah, right. However, a New Years action I can deal with. Here's the plan: starting today, I'm going to be giving away the ebook version of Republic for free.
Wednesday, July 4, 2007 Georgia Attorney General comfortable with executing innocent man SHARE
Georgia is moving forward on July 17 with the execution of a man convicted of killing a police officer on the basis on nine eye-witness statements. Since his conviction, six of the nine witnesses have recanted their testimony, and one of the others is a suspect himself. Problem is, the 1996 law passed to prevent Timothy McVeigh from dragging out his appeals is preventing the introduction of this evidence to prevent the execution. Scary statement of the week: the state Attorney General is "comfortable" with moving forward with the execution.