Thanks to Phillip Barron of the LaVena Johnson website for his hard work!
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
KMOV in St. Louis reports today that Dr. John Johnson, father of LaVena, will travel to Washington to speak with legislators about his daughter's story.
Johnson will get to tell his story on Wednesday in Washington as congress investigates the war in Iraq.
Johnson will get to tell his story on Wednesday in Washington as congress investigates the war in Iraq.
Johnson will meet with key members and staff of several congressional committees with the help of retired army Colonel Ann Wright who is a 29 year military veteran who is now an anti-war speaker and author.
Wednesday, Johnson will meet some members of congress who will at least listen as he visits Capitol Hill. Colonel Wright introduced Dr. Johnson when he spoke at the national convention for Veterans for Peace which was held last year in St. Louis.The article at KMOV also makes note of the petition to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees, which closes on Friday, April 18.
Update from Phillip Barron:
As announced earlier, the name-gathering phase of the LaVena Johnson petition effort has come to an end. The next phase will consist of weeding out duplicate entries, formatting and printing copies of the document, and arranging for their delivery to the members of the two Armed Services Committees.Information on the status of the petition effort and related news will continue to be posted on on this site. Many, many thanks to all who have lent their names to this effort. More news to come.
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