Green Party Candidate for Arlington County Board Endorsed by Peace Action
Green Party of Virginia
www.vagreenparty.org
Ruebner for Arlington County Board
http://www.voteruebner.com
Contact: Josh Ruebner, info@voteruebner.com,
202-423-7666
October 02, 2006
Released September 28, 2006
Green Party Candidate for Arlington County Board Endorsed by Peace Action
Arlington, VA -- Josh Ruebner, Green Party candidate for Arlington County Board,
received his first endorsement today from Peace Action, the nation's largest grassroots peace
group.
Ruebner stated: "I am proud to receive the endorsement of Peace Action, an organization that
has done tremendous work for close to 50 years to advance world peace and nuclear disarmament.
Peace Action is also playing a critically important role advocating for an end to our
country's disastrous occupation of Iraq, a goal which I fully support."
Ruebner's platform calls for the Arlington County Board to pass a resolution calling for the
immediate withdrawal of US troops from Iraq. Ruebner also supports the establishment of a
human rights contracting requirement for Arlington so th t corporations that profit from
war and human rights violations cannot do business with the county.
According to Ruebner, "As the host of the Pentagon, Arlington is affected by and has the
obligation to speak out on foreign policy issues. We need to send a clear signal to the federal
government that the continued occupation of Iraq is wrong and should be ended immediately."