In New York, the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office has agreed to drop charges against ten members of Iraq Veterans Against the War and five of their supporters who were arrested in October outside the presidential debate at Hofstra University. The so-called Hempstead 15 were charged with “disorderly conduct” and “failure to obey a lawful order.” The protesters were arrested as they tried to enter the debate in an effort to ask the candidates about the Iraq war, war resisters and veterans’ treatment. One of the veterans, Nick Morgan, is planning to sue Nassau County. Morgan was hospitalized after his face was trampled by a police horse.