Author: Eric Garris

Update: Here is the video of the news conference.

Wednesday, May 24: Congressmen Walter B. Jones (R-NC) and John Garamendi (D-CA), along with House cosponsors of H.R. 1666, will host a press conference regarding their bill to prohibit funds for activities in Afghanistan, and the importance of debating the 16 year war in Afghanistan, the longest war in America’s history.

Wednesday, May 24 – 1:30pm
House Triangle

Attending:
Representative Walter B. Jones (R-NC)
Representative John Garamendi (D-CA)
Representative John Duncan (R-TN)
Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY)
Representative Don Young (R-AK)
Will Fischer, VoteVets
House cosponsors of H.R. 1666
ALL PRESS WELCOME

For additional information, please contact Allison Tucker in Congressman Walter Jones’ office at (202) 225-3415 or Dante Atkins in Congressman John Garamendi’s office at (202) 225-1880.

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