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Court-Martial Opens for Lt. Ehren Watada

HeadlineFeb 06, 2007

The court-martial of First Lieutenant Ehren Watada is continuing today in Washington state. Watada is the first commissioned officer in the country to publicly refuse deployment to Iraq. On Monday, the judge, Lt. Col. John Head, reinforced an earlier ruling that Watada could not base his defense on his contention that the Iraq War is illegal.

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