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Despite the attention lavished on Cindy Sheehan by the media, none of these "journalists" have bothered to ask her about her group--the Gold Star Families For Peace. If you will check out their website, you will find that it is very short on members. Of those listed besides Cindy Sheehan herself, there is only Linda Bright (who is a member of the group, but not a Gold Star Mother, apparently) and Nadia McCaffrey. That appears to be it. Two Gold Star Mothers. Two members. You may remember Nadia McCaffrey as the woman who got a lot of media attention by...

Dear MFSO I used to have a son in the Army. Spc Casey Austin Sheehan was killed in an ambush in Sadr City on 04/04/04. Our family was against this "war" from the beginning. We cannot believe that the American people think this is a good thing. But our son joined the Army in 08/00. He loved it and did well and he was a good soldier. He reenlisted for another 4 years and was looking forward to changing his MOS. He was a mechanic, and according to his superior officers a great one, but he was going to go...

WASHINGTON — Pentagon police on Wednesday turned away family members of troops killed in Iraq who wanted to confront Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on the reasons for the war in Iraq. The group of about 20 was stopped before entering Pentagon property by about a dozen officers, who told the protesters they did not have the proper permission to enter the building. Organizers said they have been petitioning for the meeting for weeks, but department officials are ignoring their requests. “The man who was too busy to personally sign the Killed in Action letters these families received is apparently...