Noncitizen Vet Wanted for Post Story

Query Care of Dan Kowalski

From: David Montgomery montgomerd@washpost.com

Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 12:49 PM

I’m a feature writer at The Washington Post. I’m interested in doing a story for Veterans Day talking to non-citizen vets about why they were willing to put their lives on the line for an adopted country. I think the motivations and views of this subset of our vets could be very interesting. The most ideal people for me would be Iraq vets who are somewhere in the Washington DC area, because I would like to meet people in person. I’m willing to drive quite a bit if they’re a little farther away. I know this is somewhat short notice, but I’ve had no luck trying other channels to meet non-citizen soldiers. Thank you for any help you can give. If you have other ideas of where I might look, please let me know. I speak some Spanish so at least that language should not be much of a barrier. Anyone who is interested in talking can email me at this address and I’ll call them back, or they can reach me direct at 202-334-7224.

Sincerely,

David Montgomery

The Washington Post

KJ