Barbara Lee Hosts Town Hall on 5th Year of US Occupation of Iraq
MEDIA ADVISORY
For Immediate Release: February 29, 2008
Contact: Cleve Mesidor, (202) 225-2661
(Oakland, CA) – Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-9), Co-founder of the Out of Iraq Caucus and Member of the House Appropriations committee’s State Foreign Operations Subcommittee, is hosting a special Town Hall Briefing on the fifth-year anniversary of the failed U.S. occupation of Iraq on Saturday, March 15 at 9am PST at the Grand Lake Theater in Oakland.
Congresswoman Lee will provide a brief update on Bush’s misguided foreign policy in Iraq and the impact on the U.S. economy. There will be a special screening of War Made Easy, a documentary that draws on the parallels between the Vietnam War and the war in Iraq.
This event is open to the press and the public.
Event: Town Hall on the Fifth-year Anniversary of the Occupation of Iraq
Date: Saturday, March 15, between 9-11am PST
Location: Grand Lake Theater, 3200 Grand Avenue, Oakland, CA
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Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-9) is co-chair of the Progressive Caucus and a co-founder of the Out of Iraq Caucus. She sits on the House Appropriations Committee, where she serves on the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Subcommittee, the State Foreign Operations Subcommittee and is Vice-Chair of the Legislative Branch Subcommittee.