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Bill Richardson for President: Press Releases
Press Releases
- Richardson Updated Campaign Schedule for December 22nd - December 26th
SANTA FE, NM-- New Mexico Governor and Democratic Presidential candidate Bill Richardson will continue campaigning in Iowa tomorrow, Saturday, December 22. He will return to Iowa on Wednesday, December 26.
Saturday, December 22, 2007-- Central Time
Please contact Iowa Communications Director Lauren Rose for more information on the House Parties at lrose@richardsonforpresident.com
When: 9:30 AM
What: Dallas County Conversation on Iraq
Where: Hanny’s of Adel, 820 Prairie Street, Adel, IAWhen: 11:30 AM
What: Grimes Military Family House Party
Where: Grimes, IAWhen: 1:00 PM
What: West Des Moines Meet and Greet-- hosted by a Military Family
Where: West Des Moines Public Library, Community Room, 4000 Mills Civic Parkway, West Des Moines, IAWhen: 3:00 PM
What: Southside Des Moines Get-Together
Where: American Legion Hispanic Post 731, 1511 South Union Street, Des Moines, IAWhen: 4:30 PM
What: Southside Des Moines Military Family House Party
Where: Des Moines, IAWhen: 5:45 PM
What: Central Des Moines House Party
Where: Des Moines, IASunday, December 23, 2007
NO PUBLIC EVENTS SCHEDULED
Monday, December 24, 2007
NO PUBLIC EVENTS SCHEDULED
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
NO PUBLIC EVENTS SCHEDULED
Wednesday, December 26, 2007-- Central Time
When: All Day
Where: Iowa - Richardson to Unveil Behavioral Health Plan, Demand Better Care for Iraq Veterans
NEWTON, IA-- New Mexico Governor and Democratic Presidential candidate Bill Richardson will unveil his national behavioral health policy and detail his plans to improve behavioral and mental care for veterans later this afternoon in Newton, Iowa.
At the event, Governor Richardson will set forth a comprehensive behavioral health plan for every American.
"First of all, when I am President, every American will have access to high-quality, affordable health care," Richardson will say in his remarks. "Our veterans will have a Heroes Health Card so that they can get the care they deserve wherever they need it. We are going to treat mental trauma such as PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) the same way that we treat physical wounds-- like the battlefield injuries that they are.
"We need to stop treating people with a mental illness or substance use disorder like second-class citizens. I will ensure that every American has access to high-quality, affordable behavioral health care and reduce disparities in behavioral care."
Richardson also will speak about honoring our returning veterans.
"Too many of our veterans are not receiving the care that they have earned," Richardson will say. "Over 3,800 brave American soldiers have lost their lives in Iraq. More than 60,000 have been wounded. Countless more suffer the lonely anguish of mental trauma. According to Army researchers, twenty percent of active duty soldiers and almost fifty percent of reserve soldiers are receiving or are in need of mental health services after combat. In 2005 alone, over 6,200 veterans took their own lives."
As the other Democratic Presidential candidates have shifted away from talking about the war in Iraq, Governor Richardson has continued to advocate his plan to get all of our troops out. He believes that the best way to take care of our troops is to end the war.
"I have been advocating getting all of our troops out of Iraq since the beginning of this race, and I have said that I will get all of them out within a year," Richardson will say. "Now Hillary Clinton apparently has shifted her position to say that she can get 'nearly all' of our troops out within a year. This comes after saying for months that she would leave thousands of troops in Iraq indefinitely and refusing to commit to getting all of our troops out by 2013.
"My disagreements with the other candidates in this race are not personal, but there is a profound difference on the war in Iraq. If we get all of our troops out and give diplomacy a chance, then we can give health care and other pressing domestic concerns a chance."
As President, Bill Richardson will:
- Ensure high-quality, affordable behavioral health care for every American and reduce disparities in behavioral health care;
- Support new investments in mental health and substance use research;
- Provide high-quality behavioral health care for active duty military, veterans, National Guard personnel, and reservists;
- Improve behavioral health care for young people; and,
- Strengthen community and peer support for people living with a mental illness or substance use disorder.
To read Governor Richardson's plan for behavioral health care, click here.
- Richardson Calls Hillary Clinton on Iraq Flip-Flop
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA-- New Mexico Governor and Democratic Presidential candidate Bill Richardson today issued the following statement on Senator Hillary Clinton's drastic change to her position on the Iraq war:
"Senator Clinton's statement that we could 'certainly get all the troops out within a year' is a stunning flip-flop from what she has been saying all along. She consistently has called for leaving troops in Iraq to fight al-Qaida, train Iraqis, and protect U.S. assets. Has that suddenly been abandoned? If so, why has she changed her mind?
"In a September debate, she said that she could not commit to getting our troops out in five years, let alone in one year. Has anything changed about the logistics besides her position in the polls? It is clear that she is responding directly to my latest ad and my statements that she repeatedly has called for leaving thousands of troops in Iraq indefinitely. Rather than defending her position, apparently she simply has changed it."
Since entering the race, Governor Richardson consistently has called for bringing all of our troops home from Iraq, a monumental diplomatic effort to reach a political reconciliation that could be enforced by a multinational peacekeeping force, and a donor conference to infuse the capital necessary to rebuild Iraq.
Recent statements on Iraq by Senator Clinton:
"Clinton: U.S. troops needed in Iraq beyond 2009"
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/15/clinton.troops/index.html.
March 15, 2007.
"If elected president, Sen. Hillary Clinton said, she would likely keep some U.S. forces in Iraq in a supporting role after 2009 because America has "a remaining military as well as a political mission" that requires a presence there."- "A Duty to Mislead: Politics and the Iraq War." By Ted Koppel. All Things Considered. June 11, 2007.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10947954.
"But I ran into an old source the other day who held a senior position at the Pentagon until his retirement. He occasionally briefs Senator Clinton on the situation in the Gulf. She told him that if she were elected president and then reelected four years later, she would still expect U.S. troops to be in Iraq at the end of her second term." - "Democratic Field Says Leaving Iraq May Take Years." By Jeff Zeleny and Marc Santora. The New York Times. 12 August 2007.
"Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York would leave residual forces to fight terrorism and to stabilize the Kurdish region in the north … But she has affirmed in recent months remarks she made to The New York Times in March, when she said that there were ''remaining vital national security interests in Iraq'' that would require a continuing deployment of American troops." - "Democratic Rivals Caution Against Swift Iraq Pullout; Little Rancor Seen in Iowa Debate." By Anne E. Kornblut. The Washington Post. 20 August 2007.
"Clinton, Edwards and Obama said in effect that they supported Biden's position, cautioning that it will be necessary to leave some troops behind to assist Iraqi forces and Iraqis who have helped Americans o
