Steve Russell Defends 'Surge,' Troops
Steve Russell, the retired Army officer and Iraq war veteran who is a candidate in State Senate District 45, has been making headlines across the country recently defending the troops and the surge.
"The latest attacks in newspapers and magazines about the failure of the surge and returning veterans as criminals are shameless," Russell said.
"They must be countered," added Russell, whose latest opinion piece on the war in Iraq appeared in the New York Daily News with a second piece published in over two dozen papers across the country.
He has also been invited to appear on the Montel Williams show in February and has done dozens of radio spots across the nation in the last week. "Everywhere you turn it seems that the media wants to assault our integrity and honor," said Russell, who is running for Senator Kathleen Wilcoxson’s open Senate seat. "With our own National Guard deployed, our state has an even greater stake in this debate. My sister’s son is there now with the 45th Brigade."
In his Senate campaign, Russell said, he's been meeting voters at the door, making calls and raising money. His campaign announced that it had reached the $30,000 dollar mark shortly after the fourth quarter of 2007.
After retiring from the Army and returning to Okahoma City, Russell founded and chairs "Vets for Victory" to put the soldiers’ voice into the national debate about the war.
Other Republicans seeking the Senate seat are Jerry Foshee and Kyle Loveless.
"The latest attacks in newspapers and magazines about the failure of the surge and returning veterans as criminals are shameless," Russell said.
"They must be countered," added Russell, whose latest opinion piece on the war in Iraq appeared in the New York Daily News with a second piece published in over two dozen papers across the country.
He has also been invited to appear on the Montel Williams show in February and has done dozens of radio spots across the nation in the last week. "Everywhere you turn it seems that the media wants to assault our integrity and honor," said Russell, who is running for Senator Kathleen Wilcoxson’s open Senate seat. "With our own National Guard deployed, our state has an even greater stake in this debate. My sister’s son is there now with the 45th Brigade."
In his Senate campaign, Russell said, he's been meeting voters at the door, making calls and raising money. His campaign announced that it had reached the $30,000 dollar mark shortly after the fourth quarter of 2007.
After retiring from the Army and returning to Okahoma City, Russell founded and chairs "Vets for Victory" to put the soldiers’ voice into the national debate about the war.
Other Republicans seeking the Senate seat are Jerry Foshee and Kyle Loveless.
Labels: Jerry Foshee, Kyle Loveless, Steve Russell
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