Leah Bolger, a retired navy officer, talks about her arrest at Congress and plans for NATO protest Story Transcript PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome to The Real News Network. I’m Paul Jay in Washington. In October 2011, Leah Bolger, a 20 year veteran of the U.S. Navy (retired) walked into the Supercommittee hearings in […]
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Leah Bolger is a 20-year veteran of the U.S. Navy who retired in 2000 at the rank of Commander. She was elected as the first female president of Veterans For Peace. Bolger has been involved in several national efforts and she has been arrested several times for acts of civil disobedience, most recently in a hearing of the Super Committee, where she called on the Committee to "End the Wars and Tax the Rich."
