Military

Governor Jim Douglas signs H.533, An Act Relating to Military Parents’ Rights at Camp Johnsonand is joined by Adjutant General Michael Dubie, other military officials and legislative leaders.

Helen Benedict, both a novelist and professor of journalism At Columbia University, specializes in the Iraq war, women's issues, race and literature. She is the recipient of the James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism in 2008. Women soliders are participating in combat more than ever before, but only one in ten soldiers is female, making them painfully alone, thus the title of her latest nonfiction 'The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq'.

Senator Bernie Sanders, a member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, discusses initiavies to boost Veterans Benefits. Joining Senator Sanders: Milt Willis, American Legion of Vermont; Edward Laviletta, Vermont Veterans of Foreign Wars; Andrew LaCasse, Veterans Affairs Medical Center in White river Junction.

Representative Peter Welch is joined by local Veterans and representatives, in a roundtable discussion of Veteran issues.

A day focusing on one of the worst humanitarian crises of our time, The Vermont Global Health Coalitioin and St. Michael's College have sponsored a series of events dealing with the 'Crisis in the Congo'.  This program features Keynote Address by Stephen Lewis, Co-Director, AIDS-Free World; Special Envoy to the UN for HIV/AIDS in Africa, 2001-2006; author of best-selling book, Race Against Time.

A day focusing on one of the worst humanitarian crises of our time, The Vermont Global Health Coalitioin and St. Michael's College have sponsored a series of events dealing with the 'Crisis in the Congo'.  This program features Kambale Musavuli, Student Coordinator and Spokesperson for 'Friends of the Congo'.

A day focusing on one of the worst humanitarian crises of our time, The Vermont Global Health Coalitioin and St. Michael's College have sponsored a series of events dealing with the 'Crisis in the Congo'.  This program features a lecture by Herbert Weiss, Emeritus Professor, City University of New York; Senior Research Scholar, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

National Guard Deployment to Afghanistan. National Guard Deployment Interviews with families and guard members. This program also has an interview with Navy Adm. Michael Mullen.

Former US Ambassador to Croatia Peter Galbraith is the former Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations to Afghanistan and an Assistant Secretary-General of the UN. His presentation is jointly sponsored by Vermont Council on World Affairs and the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce.

National Guard Deployment to Afghanistan. Navy Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff will speak at the ceremony.