Hey Marcy,
Please review this draft advisory - any corrections/suggestions are quite welcome. I want to put this out today (working from home, so it looks like 1980s w/out the HTML):
Reps. Burton, Rohrabacher To Renew Call For Exoneration Of Navy SEAL Three On Thursday
Press Conference Will Feature Over A Dozen Retired Special Forces Personnel, Plus An Update On The Pending Trials
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, March 4, at 3:00pm, Reps. Dan Burton (R-IN-05) and Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA-46), along with over a dozen retired Navy SEALs and other special forces personnel will host a press conference calling for the exoneration of the three Navy SEALs charged with mistreating al-Qaeda terrorist Ahmed Hashim Abed.
Who:
Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN-05)
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA-46)
Neal Puckett, attorney for Matthew McCabe
Captain Larry Bailey, retired U.S. Navy SEAL
Over a dozen retired Navy SEALs, Green Berets, and other military personnel
When:
Thursday, March 4, 3:00pm
Where:
The Capitol Visitors Center, Room HVC-201
Washington, DC
Background:
In September 2009, SEALs Matthew McCabe, Julio Huertas, and Jonathan Keefe, were part of a team that captured Ahmed Hashim Abed, the al-Qaeda leader who was the mastermind behind the murder and mutilation of four American contractors in Fallujah in 2004.
In December 2009 and January 2010, the SEALs were arraigned in military court on charges of abusing Abed and giving false statements to investigators. At that time, Rep. Burton and 40 members of Congress asked Major General Charles Cleveland to drop the charges, but the effort was unsuccessful.
With the trials set to begin for SEALs Huertas and Keefe next month, Reps. Burton and Rohrabacher will again call for their exoneration and show the signatures of over 100,000 Americans on petitions that have called for the same. The Representatives will deliver those signatures to Maj. Gen Cleveland and Admiral Gary Roughead, Chief of Naval Operations.
Neal Puckett, attorney for Matthew McCabe, will provide an update on the case.
Capt. Larry Bailey, a Navy SEAL and combat veteran who served in the U.S. Navy from 1962-1990 will speak about...
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