Dr. William O'Hare, author of the Carsey Institute's study of rural casualties, will be speaking tomorrow -- Saturday, September 8th, at "The War and Rural America" forum which is being hosted by Farms Not Farms and Family Farm Defenders.
Sadly, the Carsey Institute study finds that soldiers from rural areas are dying in Afghanistan and Iraq at a +60 percent higher rate that those from urban areas. You can read the study for yourself at "US Rural Soldiers Account for a Disproportionately High Share of Casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan".
Although we know it's likely that you may not be able to go to this conference, Dr. O'Hare is willing to do interviews, and we suggest you call your local newspaper, asking your editor to call Dr. O'Hare and ask him why rural soldiers and their families are carrying the heavier burden in these occupations.
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