9-8-2009
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee
Email: lakotarockie@sbcglobal.net
Contact: Tara Pretends Eagle - Media Coordinator 216: 650-7444 "Sundance Chief, Ben Carnes in 4th day of Fast
in Honor of Leonard Peltier:
Seeks meeting with President Obama" As a result of Leonard Peltier’s recent PAROLE DENIAL, Sundance Chief, Ben Carnes, a member of the Choctaw Nation, is in Washington, D.C. at Lafayette Park Fasting in front of the White House. This is in response to President Obama’s refusal to meet the Leonard Peltier-
Defense Offense Committee (DOC). Carnes will Fast until September 12, 2009, Leonard Peltier’s 65th Birthday,
in hopes of securing a meeting with President Obama. **************************************************24-hour, world wide, 65th Birthday Vigil will be celebrated around the world!!*** *Beginning 8:45 AM, September 11th through Leonard’s 65th Birthday on September 12th!*