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| WASHINGTON - November 24 - About
IMPEACHMENT:
** ROBERT PARRY, rparry@ix.netcom.com, http://www.consortiumnews.com
A former Newsweek correspondent and the current editor of I.F. magazine, Parry has been
examining the Clinton scandals, the Starr investigation and the way the special prosecutor
system has evolved.
About IRAQ:
** BISHOP THOMAS GUMBLETON, http://www.nonviolence.org/for
A Catholic Bishop from Detroit who has been to Iraq and will be going again next month,
Gumbleton has opposed U.S. military action against Iraq and the U.S./U.N. economic
sanctions on Iraq.
** PHYLLIS BENNIS, pbennis@compuserve.com, http://www.ips-dc.org, http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/ifmide.html
A fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and author of "Calling the Shots: How
Washington Dominates Today's U.N.," Bennis has just returned from Europe.
About SOCIAL SECURITY:
** EDIE RASELL, erasell@epinet.org
Rasell is the author of "Social Security Isn't Broken, Why Does Wall Street Want to
Fix It?"
** DEAN BAKER, dbaker@epinet.org, http://www.epinet.org
Also from the Economic Policy Institute, Baker is author of "Saving Social Security
in Three Steps."
About SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS:
** FR. ROY BOURGEOIS or REV. CAROL RICHARDSON,
http://www.soaw.org
In Columbus, Georgia this past weekend, about 2,300 people from all 50 states crossed onto
the grounds of the School of the Americas, risking arrest and calling for closure of the
school that has instructed men who became torturers and dictators. Another 5,000
protesters chanted the names of the victims of SOA graduates. Bourgeois and Richardson are
co-directors of SOA Watch. Among the protestors was actor Martin Sheen. Early this year,
Congress nearly cut off funding to SOA.
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