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Iraq War Veteran Discharged for Protesting in Uniform

HeadlineJun 14, 2007

An American Iraq War veteran has been given a general discharge with honorable conditions after he was reprimanded for wearing his uniform during an antiwar protest. Adam Kokesh is a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War. The military began investigating him after The Washington Post published a photograph of him at an antiwar protest in March to mark the fourth anniversary of the war.

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