Paul Rieckhoff, IAVA

While at the Take Back America conference last week, I had the pleasure filming a panel with Paul Rieckhoff of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America [IAVA]. Paul founded the IAVA, a group dedicated to providing American troops proper equipment while in the theater of war and assisting them once they return to civilian life back in the United States.

IAVA worked with Senator Dodd to make sure that if a U.S. soilder had to buy body armour because the military did not provide it, the soilder could be reimbursed for the purchase. The IAVA is also working to ensure that the estimated 1 in 4 soilders who return from combat suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder [PTSD] receive the proper care they need to deal with the issues they face.

I met up with Paul to discuss IAVA's mission, goals and politics. One of the interesting points that Paul made was that the veteran vote is up for grabs. They are looking to a candidate and a party with solutions, not rhetoric and political postering. That is one reason why there are at least six Iraq war vets around the country running for Congress this year. -- PoliticsTV, June 2006

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1. Dick Cheney 2. Karl Rove 3. Rush Limbaugh 4. Newt Gingrich 5. Bill O'rielly 6. Tom DeLay 7. Pat Buchanan 8. John Ashcroft 9. Sean Hannity 10. Michelle Malkin 11. Ann Coulter 12. Glenn Beck 13. Paul Wolfowitz None of these people have ever volunteered or served in the Military in their lifetime. But they support the Iraq war though(^_^)

[diggintheblues]

read his book because this guy knows exactly what he is talking about and hes not some liberal or conservative talking about liberal or conservitive bullshit

[MAGADIR]

true Hero

[jbryant13]

watch?v=r9c3OLNR8w8

[USMCthedevildog]

I'm about halfway through it, it's very good I feel like I'm him holding that M16 and walking in his boots.

[TimmyHaag]

Hollow patriots.

[SusannTx]

Amen!!!

[eksdem]

Check out Joe Biden, telling Charlie Rose in January 2003, that "the whole world knows..that

Saddam has weapons."

It's at 14:17 in the YouTube video

/watch?v=6sLLktGRaEo

[eksdem]

****30,000 Americans died****

****in 30 months****

in Korea under Truman.

In 1950, Truman sent Americans to Korea to fight in a "police action" against bandits."

There would NOT have been a Korean War (1950-53) if the Truman administration had kept our troops in S. Korea in 1949, instead of WITHDRAWING THEM TOO SOON after WWII.

By the way, press censorship under Truman was horrendous.

Look it up.

[laladoza]

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He is such an important voice from such a honorable man. I agree, he should run for Pres at some point. He's smart, educated, non partisan, realistic and PRO-VETERAN.