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Mountain View Voices For Peace
Voces de Mountain View Por la Paz
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What is Mountain View's share of the cost of the war
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$203.1 million through May 2008!This is a 15% increase since the beginning of the year.For this amount of taxpayer dollars, the city could pay for:
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A solemn candle light vigil was held on the corner of El Camino Real and Castro St. in downtown Mountain View.
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Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan featured testimony from U.S. veterans who served in those occupations, giving an accurate account of what is really happening day in and day out, on the ground.
The four-day event brought together veterans from across the country to testify about their experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan - and presented video and photographic evidence. In addition, there were panels of scholars, veterans, journalists, and other specialists that gave context to the testimony. These panels covered everything from the history of the GI resistance movement to the fight for veterans' health benefits and support.
The event is video archived at Winter Soldier. Additional
information at War Comes Home
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Nobel laureate estimates cost of wars in Iraq and AfghanistanBy Kevin G. Hall McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON � When U.S. troops invaded Iraq in March 2003, the Bush administration predicted that the war would be self-financing and that rebuilding the nation would cost less than $2 billion. Coming up on the fifth anniversary of the invasion, a Nobel laureate now estimates that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are costing America more than $3 trillion. That estimate from Noble Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz also serves as the title of his new book, "The Three Trillion Dollar War," which hits store shelves Friday. Read the full article |