Press Release

MICCO KICKS OFF CAMPAIGN TODAY IN D.C.

Release Date: Apr 7 2008

Vince Micco For Congress 

           ROTHMAN OPPONENT MICCO WILL STAND WITH OTHER IRAQ WAR VETERANS TODAY  IN WASHINGTON  DC 

RUTHERFORD, NJ – Vince Micco  Republican candidate in the 9th Congressional District of New Jersey and a former U.S. Army sergeant and Iraq War veteran  --  along with congressional candidates from districts throughout the country, will meet in Washington DC at the National Press Club toady from noon to 3 p.m. to discuss their candidacies.  

Congressional candidate Kieran Lalor, running in New York, an Iraq War veteran and a former Marine, has spearheaded the effort and formed an organization Iraq Veterans for Congress(More information can be found at  www.IraqVeteransForCongress.com.)

  Lalor was featured on Fox Television regarding ‘Iraq Vets for Congress’ at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DPbyzRyY4c.   

Johns Hopkins University SAIS Professor Ruth Wedgwood will moderate a briefing by the candidates present that will commence at 1 p.m.  Professor Wedgwood is a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and is the United States’ member on the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations.  She formerly served at the Naval War College and taught at Yale.   

Micco is proud of his service in Iraq and says the nation needs to support the military efforts in that nation to protect the security of the United States.  

Micco is 35, married with four children.

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