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Veteran Jared Hood, of Iraq Veterans Against the War recites his poem, "Lightening".

Jared served four years in the Army. Two as a reservist and two in the COARNG. He applied for Conscientious objector, however when his unit refused to give him bereavement leave for a family death, he made the conscious decision to go AWOL. He was apprehended at work on June 22 and demoted to PFC. I Then fought this unauthorized and unwarranted arrest and secured an honorable separation. He is currently in the IRR. He came From a military family; his father fought 1 tour in Vietnam.

He considers himself a Political activist, working with campus women's rights and Anti-racist action groups. He has worked extensively with soldiers returning from Iraq and a very close friend of his was killed April 23, 2003 in Nasirya Iraq. He is the Denver chapter president and Mountain regional coordinator for IVAW.

This is the Warrior Writers open mic at The Rocket Room, that took place on February 23, 2008.

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