The allegations became the subject of an 1,800-word article by Burkett in March 2003, published by Veterans for Peace. It accused Bush of sending Burkett on a military assignment to Panama in retaliation for Burkett's refusal to alter Bush's official military personnel records. Burkett, who became ill after the trip, later said he had "overstated" his accusation.
To: Jeff Gannon
More birds of a feather - all in bed togetherVeterans for Peace, Inc.
(VFP) - CEASE FIRE! VETERANS FOR PEACE--From Warriors To Diplomats (1999 story)
http://www.countryink.com/currart1.html
"Membership in Veterans for Peace is not limited to veterans with honorable discharges. Associate memberships are open to family members and may soon be expanded to include anyone who supports their principles. Contact them at (202) 347-XXXX, 1511 K Street NW, Suite 525; Washington, DC 20005; email: VFP@igc.org."There's been two addresses found for them - don't know (yet) for sure whether these are old, new or current
1511 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 347-xxxx
fax: 202-347-xxxx
VFP@igc.orgOne thing kinda interesting (maybe) - The 733 15th Street address sits smack among a number of foreign embassies
733 15th Street, NW
Suite 928
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 347-xxxx voice
(202) 347-xxxx fax
vfp@igc.orgThe 733 15th Street address is the "Woodward Building" in D.C., and "VFP" apparently shares building space with some interesting neighbors, among [them]-
Volunteer Coordinator National Organization for Women (NOW), Second Floor
International Labor Rights Fund. (Human Rights and Labor Laws)
Gray Panthers
American Civil Liberties Union National Prison Project, Suite 620
Code Pink Women's Pre-emptive Strike For Peace, #507
(how convenient)
"Veterans for Peace" is shown as a grant recipient from the HKH Foundation of New York, NYper http://www.hkhfdn.org/directory/national.html
Veterans for Peace
David Hart
1511 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 347-xxxx
fax: 202-347-xxxx
VFP@igc.org"An educational organization made up of veterans working to educate the general public concerning the cost of war, the arms race, US foreign policy issues, and the exigency of abolishing war as an instrument of international policy."
Contact addy - HKH Foundation -aka- the Harold K. Hochschild Foundation
521 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1612
New York, NY 10175
hkh@hkhfdn.orgHere's a small rundown of some top grantees of HKH across varied timeframes -
per http://www.activistcash.com/donor_detail.cfm?DONOR_ID=125
Activist Group Total Donated Time Frame Tides Foundation & Tides Center $235,000.00 1991 - 1997 Natural Resources Defense Council $185,000.00 1990 - 2001 Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy $151,600.00 1997 - 2001 Greenpeace $100,000.00 1995 - 2001 Western Organization of Resource Councils $50,000.00 2001 - 2001 Center for Media & Democracy $45,000.00 1999 - 2001 Union of Concerned Scientists $40,000.00 1995 - 1998 Center for Food Safety $35,000.00 1996 - 1996 Organic Consumers Association $35,000.00 1999 - 1999 American Corn Growers Association $20,000.00 1999 - 1999 "Veterans for Peace" is listed as an organization that has had direct contact with the International Action Center - you know, the outfit apparently founded by Ramsey Clark
http://www.iacenter.org/orgs.htm
"International Action Center"Towards the top, after wading through the "mission" gobbley goop -
Organizations opposed to sanctions "The following list covers a number of groups that have organized some form of opposition to sanctions against Iraq, especially those based in countries that were part of the alliance that waged war on Iraq in early 1991. The list is by no means complete, but consists of those groups that have been in direct contact with the International Action Center. The activities carried out by the organizations described here cover a wide variety of approaches to opposing sanctions: providing humanitarian assistance, organizing political opposition, publishing books and other educational material, and taking direct action. They illustrate both the growing opposition to sanctions and the variety of tactics to fight them."
(and what a list it is)
("Veterans for Peace" is shown using the 5011 "K" St. NW, #525 Washington address here)
Sprinkled around on the "Veterans for Peace" site, such as on a page
http://www.veteransforpeace.org/Defaultold.htm,
can be seen "Email VFP", which turns out to be vfp@igc.org ,
What is "igc.org"??? A quick descriptor is on http://www.cein.net/cgi-bin/en/company_info.asp?CID=263 (circa 1999)Institute for Global Communications (IGC)
Address POBox 29904
San Francisco, CA 94126-0904
Voice (415) 561-xxxx
Fax (415) 561-xxxxWeb http://www.igc.apc.org/
http://www.igc.org/Excerpts off of http://www.cein.net/cgi-bin/en/company_info.asp?CID=263
"Since 1992, IGC and its APC members have been the primary information and communications service provider at UN world conferences, including the 1992 United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, the 1993 United Nations Conference on Human Rights in Vienna, the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo and the 1995 World Conference on Women in Beijing."* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
and most interesting, down towards the bottom - "IGC Internet is a project of the Tides Center, a 501 (c) 3 tax-exempt organization."
On their "links" page is a link to the September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, which stuck out like a sore thumb
http://www.veteransforpeace.org/links.htm (Them again)
And finally, Veterans for Peace has a listing in the San Francisco Bay Area Progressive Directory -
http://www.bapd.org/dir.html, an index of organizations in the San Francisco area that are related to "progressive activism", though only their website is listed for contact Hmm, okay.
329 posted on 03/08/2004 7:36:41 PM PST by DeBug=int13
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To: So Cal Rocket; sergeantdave
Here is nice capsule description of the communist scumbag leader of Veterans for Peace:
To: NativeNewYorker9 posted on 04/22/2004 11:20:00 AM PDT by Grampa Dave
On the company the Soros keeps -
Jim Long, a rabble-rouser for the Veterans Speakers Alliance and Veterans For Peace, showed up to protest a fund raiser for President Bush this summer in San Francisco and extolled the virtues of comrade Castro, dictator for life in Cuba. A screaming mob of anarchists, environmentalists, Marxists, the Service Employees International Union, the Communications Workers of America and Green Party watermelons cheered him on.Long proudly proclaimed that on every November 11th, he goes to Cuba to meet with comrades and honor communist veterans in a special commemorative ceremony. 11 posted on 08/08/2003 5:53:35 AM PDT by sergeantdave
Sorry, meant to ping you, too.