AWOL War Resister Sergeant to Turn Himself in Today

Ricky Clousing, a Sergeant in the US Army and a veteran of the Iraq War who has been AWOL for a year, announced today at the Veterans for Peace convention in Seattle that he will turn himself in later today at the gates of Fort Lewis and face whatever punishment the military chooses to impose. Clousing said he did not apply for conscientious objector status because he is not certain he would oppose every possible war, such as one fought in self-defense. He said he has spent the past year trying to figure out how to turn himself in, that the military has refused to comment on his status and that he is now choosing to force them to deal with it.

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