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Lietta and Arthur on Newshour with Jim Lehrer, "Homefront Battles", Oct 2004
Newshour with Jim Lehrer interview; Homefront Battles Our first media interview speaking out as military family, Lietta and Arthur Ruger, on Newshour with Jim Lehrer, Homefront Battles; aired Oct 04. Focus of this Newshour piece was the new phenomenom of military families speaking out publicly. MICHAEL BESCHLOSS - "We're seeing something that really is unusual because military families in history have been pretty much inclined not to do this sort of thing. It's in a way sort of part of that culture. And the fact that they are doing it now shows how deeply many of them feel about the fact that they were never convinced at the beginning of this war that it was the right thing to do." Below is a list of Lietta's other thirty plus military family speaking out media covered interviews that came after the Newshour piece.
Lietta Ruger reports on meeting with Senator Maria Cantwell
Lietta's account of our meeting with U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell challenging her continued position of support for Iraq war I had the opportunity to participate in this almost 2 hour meeting with Sen. Cantwell as a military family with 2 returning Iraq veterans in our family, both from Washington. Nine other participants - veterans, humanitarians, Iraqi-American citizen, teacher, political and peace activists - brought and shared their concerns in this scheduled meeting with our U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell from Washington (state) on April 10, 2006. The entire focus of the meeting was to ask Sen. Cantwell to discuss her position on war in Iraq, which she did. See my report and that of another participant on that meeting; click on link below. Sen. John Kerry and his wife were guests at fundraiser for Sen. Cantwell the next day. Several of our military family members in WA attended in hopes of sharing their concerns for their deployed loved ones with both Senators. Several did have opportunity to speak briefly with both Senators.
History of Lietta"s military family speaking out media interviews
Lietta's other speaking out media interviews
What began in March 2004 on a small, local scale with sermons I prepared and delivered in my local church, speaking out about the war in Iraq, was altered when I agreed to do an interview with Newshour with Jim Lehrer.
Chronicling below a list of media interviews I've done since then as a military family speaking out. Listing chronologically with most recent interviews at top.
- "The David Goldstein Show" KIRO 710 radio - interview with Lietta Ruger and Bob Watada, Jan 13, 2007
Bring Them Home Now Bus Tour, Crawford to Washington DC September 2005
Lietta Ruger,of Military Families Speak Out, front row - white t-shirt on Bring Them Home Now tour, Central Route, Crawford, TX to Washington DC, Sept 2005 Back row: Mia Lorraine, MFSO; Kallisa Stanley, MFSO; Chris Snively, VFP; Hart Viges,IVAW; Vince George, MFSO
Front row: Lietta Ruger, MFSO; Beatriz Saldivar, GSFP.
Lietta Ruger, Military Families Speak Out,right, having breakfast with Chris Snively, Veterans for Peace, left, and Kellisa Stanley also of Military Families Speak Out, center, at host home on the Bring Them Home Now tour, Central Route, Crawford, TX to Washington DC, Sept 2005
Lietta Ruger, member Military Families Speak Out (MFSO), week at Camp Casey, Crawford, Texas
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Lt Ehren Watada
Ehren Watada with Daniel Ellsberg
Citizens' Hearing on Legality of U.S. Actions in IraqJANUARY 20-21, 2007 Tacoma, Washington, USA
In an unprecedented two-day Citizens' Hearing held over January 20-21, more than 600 citizens joined a distinguished tribunal panel in listening to testimony about the legality of the US invasion of Iraq.
The Citizens' Hearing was convened to present evidence that Lt. Ehren Watada would have presented in his February 5, 2007 court martial on the question that the military ruled barred from entry - the question of the Iraq War's legality.
Lt. Watada has repeatedly asserted that because the Iraq War is illegal, it is his duty to refuse orders to deploy.
He twice attempted to resign his commission and the Army refused his resignation citing 'stop loss'.
He stated he was willing to deploy to Afghanistan, but not Iraq as he discerned that would be illegal order on the premise that Iraq invasion/occupation is illegal.
He is the Army's first commissioned officer to take such a stand.
click on link below
Lietta introduces the Panelists who will hear two days of testimony at Citizens' Hearing on Legality of U.S. Actions in Iraq, Tacoma, WA, Jan 20-21-2007
Lietta Ruger and Ann Wright at Citizens' Hearing on Legality of U.S. Actions in Iraq, Tacoma, WA, Jan 20-21-2007.
Lietta in support of Lt. Ehren Watada at his first press conference, June 2006, Tacoma, WA. Photograph: Ted S Warren/AP
Lietta with MFSO- WA chapter members Judy and Jenny in support at Lt Watada noon press conference, June 2006.
Lietta Ruger and Bob Watada interview with Goldy KIRO 710.
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