PRESS ADVISORY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For more information: Mike Ferner, 419-360-3621; Elaine Brower, 917-520-0767; Leah Bolger, 541-207-7761

U.S. MILITARY VETERANS TO LEAD CIVIL RESISTANCE AT WHITE HOUSE

PRESS CONFERENCE ON DECEMBER 15

WHEN: 3 p.m. Wednesday, December 15, 2010

WHERE: Institute for Policy Studies , 1112 16^th NW #600

CIVIL RESISTANCE ON DECEMBER 16

WHEN: 10 a.m. Thursday, December 16, 2010

WHERE: Lafayette Square Park side of the White House

WHO: Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers; Mike Ferner, Veterans For Peace National President; Leah Bolger, Veterans For Peace Vice-President and retired Navy Commander; Mike Prysner, Iraq vet and co-founder of March Forward!; Ray McGovern, retired CIA official; and many more.

WHAT: A brief rally will be followed by a nonviolent act of civil resistance at the White House. Veterans For Peace (VFP) organizers expect this to be the largest veteran-led resistance since the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan began.

WHY: VFP is demanding an end to the U.S. wars and occupations in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, and Yemen.

AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS: To schedule interviews with leaders of this protest, use the contact information above.

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Veterans For Peace is a national organization that since 1985 has been dedicated to exposing the true costs of war and militarism. Its members are from all eras and conflicts including WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Veterans For Peace, 314-725-6005, veteransforpeace.org, stopthesewars.org