Family, friends and fellow soldiers of Sgt. Patrick McCaffrey gathered to remember the Army National Guardsman who was killed 6 years ago in Iraq.A memorial ride from Livermore to the Tracy War Memorial was held Saturday afternoon. Family and friends took turns speaking about McCaffrey was killed in Balad Iraq ...
Veterans Honored Throughout Bay Area
KTVU BAY AREA, Calif. -- Men and women who have served their country were honored Tuesday at Veterans Day events throughout the Bay Area. In Hayward, festivities kicked off at 8 a.m. with a flag-raising ceremony, which was followed by the city's annual parade at 11 a.m. Parade participants were ...
By Jennifer Wadsworth / Tracy Press An anonymous millionaire donated a building near the Russian River so Nadia McCaffrey can create a retreat for troubled veterans who return from Iraq. Nestled in the Redwoods, overlooking a vineyard on one side and the Russian River on the other, the four-story veterans ...
Helping veterans heal, grow after war
By Guy Kovner / Press Democrat Nadia McCaffrey knows the sorrow of war firsthand. Her son, Army Sgt. Patrick McCaffrey of Tracy, was killed in Iraq in June 2004, and a year later the Pentagon admitted he and another California National Guardsman, 1st Lt. Andre Tyson of Riverside, had been ...
Soldiers' mothers demand truth
Pat Tillman's mom to confront Congress By Julia Prodis Sulek / San Mateo County Times Three Northern California mothers are bonded together by death and deceit. Each was told by the military that her son died gloriously in battle — charging up a hill to confront the enemy, fighting off ...
Army's falsehoods wound soldiers' moms
TILLMAN, 2 OTHERS FOUGHT FOR TRUTH ABOUT SONS' DEATHS By Julia Prodis Sulek / Mercury News Three Northern California mothers are bonded together by death and deceit. Each was told by the military that her son died gloriously in battle - charging up a hill to confront the enemy, fighting ...
When Training Iraqi Troops Turns Deadly
Iraqi troops turned their rifles on Americans on a joint patrol, exposing the risks for embedded U.S. military advisers. One mother’s quest for justice. By Eve Conant, Dan Ephron and Rod Nordland / Newsweek March 31, 2007 - Nadia McCaffrey sensed something was amiss. In 2004, military officers told her ...
Number of crosses on grassy hillside now equals number of fallen soldiers By Jason B. Johnson / San Francisco Chronicle A controversial Iraq war memorial in Lafayette reached an emotional milestone Sunday, when a group of volunteers added 290 new crosses to the site so there were enough symbols to ...
By Scott Lindlaw / Associated Press Far from the spotlight in an Iraqi court, the US military pursues a sputtering murder case against a man accused of killing Tracy soldier Patrick McCaffrey. If there is ever a trial for the Iraqi accused of murdering Spc. Patrick McCaffrey, the U.S. soldier’s ...
Gold Star Moms Speak Out Against Troop Surge
Read Names Of 370 Calif. War Dead ABC-7 Talk of sending more troops to Iraq has prompted some who've lost loved ones to speak out. Gold Star family members joined forces with anti-war activists in Lafayette today, where hillside crosses commemorate the American war dead. This memorial has been up ...
Names added to Lafayette memorial crosses
By Tom Lochner / Contra Costa Times Creators of a hillside monument of crosses outside the Lafayette BART station began to put names on them Sunday while supporters, including mothers of fallen soldiers in Iraq, turned the gathering into an impromptu memorial service for the war dead. ``This memorial is ...
Volunteers repair vandalized memorial to slain troops
LAFAYETTE, Calif. (AP) - A vandalized memorial to U-S troops slain in Iraq is growing as more crosses were added to the Lafayette site today. Volunteers also replaced a sign displaying the number of troops killed. Vandals painted over an earlier sign with black tar last week. The mother of ...
Grieving mom creating refuge for Iraq war vets
By Dana Hull / Mercury News Nadia McCaffrey's entire world changed on June 22, 2004. That was the day Patrick McCaffrey, her only child, was killed in Iraq. The 34-year-old California National Guard soldier was shot eight times in an ambush by insurgents who had infiltrated the Iraqi unit he ...
McCaffrey envisions village for veterans
By John Upton / Tracy Press “It’s very quiet,” writes the mother of a soldier killed in Iraq. “There is a peaceful feel to it. We can see orchards and a pond, water where wildlife is close and fish are kept. There is a meadow where I can see goats ...
'Memorial Controversy in Lafayette' ...by Nadia McCaffrey
Nadia McCaffrey is the mother of Army Sgt. Patrick R. McCaffrey, Sr., killed June 22nd, 2004 in Balad, Iraq Growing up in the province of Auvergne into the heart of Lafayette’s country, approximately fifty miles from the Marquis de Lafayette’s castle, I never thought then, that I would become a ...
Protesters Greet President In Stockton, El Dorado Hills
KCRA-3 STOCKTON, Calif. -- Protesters were among those who greeted President George W. Bush when he visited Stockton and El Dorado Hills on Tuesday. The president was in Northern California to speak at a fundraisers for Rep. Richard Pombo at the Stockton Memorial Civic Auditorium and Rep. John Doolittle at ...
Army secretary reveals combat death plan
By Scott Lindlaw / Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO - Army Secretary Francis J. Harvey says he is aiming to "achieve perfection" in a new drive to inform families of soldiers killed in combat about the circumstances of their deaths. In a memo obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press, Harvey outlines ...
Senators want answers on murders of Ca. guardsmen
By Scott Lindlaw / Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Two senators, including the top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, said Thursday they would press the Pentagon for answers in the case of two California National Guard members murdered by Iraqi officers they were training. Sens. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and ...
A mother awaits answers on GI murders
By Scott Lindlaw / Associated Press The Pentagon waited nine months after completing its investigation into the deaths of two California National Guardsmen before notifying the families this week that they were murdered by the Iraqi soldiers they were training. Army Spc. Patrick R. McCaffrey Sr., 34, and 2nd Lt. ...
Boxer: Soldier's 'family was not told the truth'
By Jim Doyle / San Francisco Chronicle WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer released documents today that appear to show that the Army completed its investigation in September 2005 into the deaths two years ago of two California National Guard soldiers in Iraq, but waited nearly nine months to ...
AP: Iraqi troops killed 2 U.S. soldiers
By Scott Lindlaw / Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO - Two California soldiers shot to death in Iraq were murdered by Iraqi civil-defense officers patrolling with them, military investigators have found. The deaths of Army Spc. Patrick R. McCaffrey Sr. and 1st Lt. Andre D. Tyson were originally attributed to an ...
Life Reflections of a Gold Star Mom on Mother's Day 2006
By Nadia McCaffrey / Mother of Army Sgt. Patrick R. McCaffrey, Sr., killed June 22nd, 2004 in Balad, Iraq Did I actually give birth 36 years ago? My mind is wandering over sixty one years of my life. What does "Mother's Day” signify anymore? I am trying desperately to rescue ...
Slain Guardsman's mom heading to President's Texas ranch
By Brenda Huang / Lodi News-Sentinel Inside her late son's Robert Rusher Street house, now decorated with black and yellow ribbons and American flags, Nadia McCaffrey talked about how his death in Iraq a year ago has turned her life into a fight. She also talked about her plans to ...
By Evelyn Nieves / Washington Post VACAVILLE, Calif. -- Five minutes after President Bush began his State of the Union address, Cindy Sheehan clicked off her television set. She would read the transcript, watch the salute to the parents of a Marine killed in Fallujah, chew over such words as ...
$12,000 thank-you for GI's life; Survivors say hike in death benefit would aid families
By Sean D. Hamill and Shia Kapos, Special to the Tribune. This story was reported by Tribune staff reporters Imran Vittachi and James Janega and freelancers Sean Hamill and Shia Kapos. / Chicago Tribune That a family friend delivered the military compensation for her husband's death was little comfort. The ...
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January 17th, 2012
STOP SOPA: Why MichaelMoore.com Will Be Blacked Out Wednesday, January 18th
My websites MichaelMoore.com and Mike's High School Newspaper will both be going dark for 24 hours starting at midnight tonight in protest of the Stop ...
December 30th, 2011
75 Years Ago Today, the First Occupy
On this day, December 30th, in 1936 -- 75 years ago today -- hundreds of workers at the General Motors factories in Flint, Michigan, took ...
December 28th, 2011
Click here to donate to the congressional campaign of Flint's own Dan Kildee I have many things I'm planning to do in the New Year ...
December 24th, 2011
A Little Christmas Gift for You to Download
Thanks for all the wonderful comments regarding the short story about my mom from HERE COMES TROUBLE that I sent you a few days ago. ...
December 20th, 2011
Here's a New Free Chapter from HERE COMES TROUBLE
Thank you to the tens of thousands of you who have read HERE COMES TROUBLE and helped to make it a New York Times bestseller ...
December 18th, 2011
LAST CALL: Signed First Editions Will Be Gone by Tomorrow! ORDER TODAY, RECEIVE BY XMAS
My publisher has informed me that they are down to their last crate of the first printing/first editions of HERE COMES TROUBLE -- the ones ...
December 17th, 2011
A Man in Tunisia, a Movement on Wall Street, and the Soldier Who Ignited the Fuse
It's Saturday night and I didn't want the day to end before I sent out this note to you. One year ago today (December 17th), ...
September 11th, 2010
If the 'Mosque' Isn't Built, This Is No Longer America
OpenMike 9/11/10 Michael Moore's daily blog I am opposed to the building of the "mosque" two blocks from Ground Zero. I want it built on ...
December 14th, 2010
Why I'm Posting Bail Money for Julian Assange
Yesterday, in the Westminster Magistrates Court in London, the lawyers for WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange presented to the judge a document from me stating that ...
May 12th, 2011
Some Final Thoughts on the Death of Osama bin Laden
"The Nazis killed tens of MILLIONS. They got a trial. Why? Because we're not like them. We're Americans. We roll different." – Michael Moore in ...
November 22nd, 2011
Where Does Occupy Wall Street Go From Here?
This past weekend I participated in a four-hour meeting of Occupy Wall Street activists whose job it is to come up with the vision and ...
September 22nd, 2011
A STATEMENT FROM MICHAEL MOORE ON THE EXECUTION OF TROY DAVIS
I encourage everyone I know to never travel to Georgia, never buy anything made in Georgia, to never do business in Georgia. I will ask ...
December 16th, 2010
Dear Swedish Government: Hi there -- or as you all say, Hallå! You know, all of us here in the U.S. love your country. Your ...
November 2nd, 2010
This letter contains (almost) no criticisms of how the Democrats have brought this day of reckoning upon themselves. That -- and where to go from ...
Home Front: Portraits from Sheikh Jarrah
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