April 12, 2007 @ 11 AM!

[lonestarnot]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 11, 2007
Contact: Melissa Byrne CODEPINK 609.364.4267
Gael Murphy CODEPINK 202.412.6700
Garett Reppehagen Iraq Veterans Against War 719.235.7030


"Quit Playing Games With Our Soldiers"
CODEPINK, Veterans for Peace- DC Metro Area, and Iraq Veterans Against War to deliver toy soldiers to Senators

WHAT: CODEPINK, Veterans for Peace DC Metro Area, and Iraq Veterans Against War will deliver toy soldiers and a new public service announcement "Our Soldiers are not Toys" to Senate leadership. "Senators from both parties are neglecting their responsibility to bring our troops home quickly and safely", said Gael Murphy, co-founder of CODEPINK. Despite a majority of Americans demanding an end the Iraq War, the Senate has failed to enact legislation to bring our troops home by the holidays. "Members of Congress are playing political football with our soldiers and Iraqi lives," explains Medea Benjamin, co-Founder of CODEPINK, "they would rather have a sound bite on Meet the Press than do the hard work of finding the votes to pass responsible legislation." With the threat of a Bush veto for the supplemental funding for the Iraq War, many Senators including Sens. Levin and Obama, have committed to continuing to funding the US occupation in the wake of the veto. War advocate Sen. McCain's fabricated a stroll through a Baghdad market to demonstrate the success of the surge. The visit could not be done without heavy military accompaniment. McCain's "safe" stroll included 100 soldiers and several helicopters and gun ships. The day after his stroll, more than twenty Iraqi's from that market were killed by insurgents. CODEPINK, Veterans for Peace DC Metro Area, and Iraq Veterans Against War demand that the games be put aside and real progress be made to ensure that all of our soldiers are brought home from Iraq in 2007.


WHEN: April 12, 2007 11:00 AM

WHERE: Senate Office Buildings

First Visits

11:00 Sen Carl Levin SR-269 Chair of Senate Armed Services Committee
11:30 Sen. John McCain SR-241 Ranking Members, Senate Armed Services Committee
12:00 Sen Mitch McConnell SR- 361 Senate Minority Leader
12:30 Sen. Harry Reid SH- 528 Senate Majority Leader


After leadership visits, CODEPINK will bring Toy Soldiers to all members of the Senate conference committee on the Iraq supplemental

VISUALS: Toy Soliders, Women in Pink, Public Service Announcement

www.codepinkalert.org

Toy Soldiers- PSA from CODEPINK

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc1ARRgbRN0

Iraq Veterans Against War
www.ivaw.org

Veterans for Peace
www.veteransorpeace.org

[lonestarnot]

1. Kick for vets for peace and pinkers!

:kick:

[unhappycamper]

2. You should also consider The Army Men Project for local blogging.

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/unhappycamper/15

[bonito]

3. Code Pink speaks for me, recommended n/t

[John Q. Citizen]

4. Code Pink, doing the heavy lifting for peace! n/t

[midnight]

5. Codepink I'm very greatful to your public service announcement.

More and more people are starting to hear them. Keep up the good work.