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About Paul Rieckhoff
PaulRieckhoff
Founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA).
- Location:
- (USA)
- Joined on:
- 06/05/07
The story thus far:
Paul Rieckhoff is the Executive Director and Founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA). A non-partisan non-profit founded in 2004 with tens of thousands of members in all 50 US states, IAVA is America’s first and largest Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans group. Rieckhoff was a First Lieutenant and infantry rifle platoon leader in the Iraq war from 2003-2004. He is now a nationally recognized authority on the war in Iraq and issues affecting troops, military families and veterans. Rieckhoff’s first book, a critically acclaimed account of his experiences in Iraq and activism afterwards, titled Chasing Ghosts, was published by Penguin in May 2006 (paperback published May 1, 2007).
My Blog
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Politics
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Volunteers
One-and-a-half million Americans have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Not one of them came home unchanged. — read more
Contributors: Trujillo-Paumier , Paul Rieckhoff, Jody Lee Lipes, Henry Joost, and Lindsay Utz
005: For the People - May 29 2007
Websites
Hi friends
We've outgrown this 800-pixel wide website and we're moving to new digs.While we pack up our things (i.e. articles and videos and stuff), we're shutting down commenting and new registrations on the current site.
Our new site is up and running at GOOD.is/.
Yours,
GOOD
