Paul Rieckhoff
Paul Rieckhoff
Paul Rieckhoff is an American writer, social entrepreneur, advocate, activist and veteran of the United States Army and the Iraq War. He is the Founder and CEO of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. He served as an Army First Lieutenant and infantry rifle platoon leader in Iraq from 2003 through 2004. Rieckhoff was released from the Army National Guard in 2007...
admission easy expect free leaders problems serious situation solution
I don't expect an easy solution to the situation in Iraq. I do expect an admission that there are serious problems that need serious solutions. I don't expect our leaders to be free of mistakes, I expect our leaders to own up to them.
push seek
Everything's on the vet. It's on you to come forward, you to push the paper, you to seek the treatment.
army ensure level wrong
I don't think the Army is wrong by doing this, because the Army has to ensure some level of quality.
chance children faces free grow hope hospital iraqi kept protected safe saw school suffering terrible
We saw firsthand the terrible suffering that they had endured. We protected a hospital and kept a school safe from sniper fire. We saw hope in the faces of Iraqi children who may have the chance to grow up as free as our own.
grow numbers problem
With numbers this high, the problem is going to grow fast.