Wednesday, January 28, 2009

From the mail bag

TODAY: Senators Demand Defense Secretary Meet with Mother of Soldier Electrocuted Due to Contractor Negligence


Senator Byron Dorgan and Senator Bob Casey held a press conference today to request a meeting with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and the mother of a U.S. soldier who was recently informed by an Army investigator that her son’s death by electrocution at his base in Baghdad was re-classified by the Army from “accidental” to “negligent homicide” by contractor KBR and two of its supervisors.

A link to the letter:
http://dpc.senate.gov/pdf/news_release01-27-09.pdf

A link to the AP story:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jxXnvR5EoxcupOyu71W_9zx6P8NwD95VMJV00

A link to the Reuters story:
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE50Q6WM20090127

A link to the press release:
http://dpc.senate.gov/pdf/news_release01-27-09.pdf

Video of the press conference will be available at:
http://dpc.senate.gov/dpc-video.cfm

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