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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>GO TINA!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=david@davidswanson.org href="mailto:david@davidswanson.org">David
Swanson</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=activists@lists.mayfirst.org
href="mailto:activists@lists.mayfirst.org">activists@lists.mayfirst.org</A>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 30, 2007 2:03 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Activists] Conflict Escalating Between Marine Mom and
Speaker</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2>Tina Richards, Grassroots <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION
w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on">America</ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION>,
573-247-8059<BR>Linda Schade, VotersForPeace, 202-422-5780<BR>Kevin Zeese,
Democracy Rising, 301-996-6582</FONT>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><I>Conflict Escalating Between Marine Mom and
Speaker:<BR><BR></I></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Tina Richards Refuses
to Leave Speaker Pelosi’s Office Until She Gets an Answer: “Will you meet with
military families, vets and troops?”<O:P></O:P></SPAN><BR><BR></B><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Speaker Will Be Forced to Choose Today: Arrest Marine
Mom or Meet with Military Families<O:P></O:P></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Washington, DC: Today, Tina Richards, the mother of a Marine
who served two tours of duty in Iraq and is now 80% disabled, is refusing to
leave the office of Speaker Pelosi in Washington, DC (Canon 235) today until she
gets an answer -- “Will you meet with military families, vets and troops?”</P>
<P class=MsoNormal><O:P></O:P>“I am tired of being given the run-around from the
Speaker.<SPAN> </SPAN>Two weeks ago before I went on national television
her office called urging a meeting. Now that the media has moved on she refuses
to respond to my requests while always promising to do so.<SPAN> </SPAN>I
decided today that I will not leave her office until I either get a meeting
scheduled or am told there will not be a meeting,” said Richards.<SPAN>
</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><O:P></O:P>Ms. Richards has said she is willing to risk
arrest rather than not get a response from the Speaker. The Speaker will have to
decide whether she will provide a Marine mom with a courtesy of an answer or
have her arrested for trying to schedule a meeting.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2>_____________</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT size=5><STRONG><BR>Sit In
Underway at Pelosi's Office in DC</STRONG></FONT><BR></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=1><A
href="http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/20680">http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/20680</A></FONT></P>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>By David Swanson</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nancy Pelosi is on her way to Lebanon, but her
staff may want to get her on the phone. Or then again, maybe not. There is a
sit-in underway in her Capitol Hill office today, Friday, March 30th, with
military families and Iraq vets requesting to schedule an appointment to talk to
her. They've been asking for four months now for her to agree to meet with gold
star and military families, veterans for peace, Iraq vets, and active duty
troops. Pelosi proposed a meeting with military mom Tina Richards after a video
came out showing Rep. David Obey yelling at her in the hallway, but once the
video had made the news in a major way Pelosi apparently decided it was too late
to head it off and lost interest in meeting with Richards.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Today Tina Richards is sitting in Pelosi's office,
commited to not leaving unless she is arrested. She has never been arrested
before. Tina and Lori Perdue just phoned in a report. There are 11 people there
at the moment as part of the sit-in. They had 22 earlier, but half left to go
recruit more people. They're planning to pack the office by 4 or 5 p.m.They
expect it to close around 5 or 6 p.m.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>They say that all they're asking for is an
appointment for a meeting. Tina's son is a Marine who has struggled to get any
sort of health care out of the military. He recently thought he had finally
succeeded in that effort, but the military has decided to prosecute him for
wearing part of his uniform in a march on the Pentagon, meaning that he faces
the loss of medical benefits and possible imprisonment.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Updates to come.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/20680"><FONT face=Arial
size=1>http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/20680</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2> </FONT></DIV>
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