H.R.1707 - Latin America Military Training Review Act of 2007

To suspend the authority for the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (the successor institution to the United States Army School of the Americas) in the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. view all titles (2)

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  • Short: Latin America Military Training Review Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Official: To suspend the authority for the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (the successor institution to the United States Army School of the Americas) in the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. as introduced.

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News Coverage

04/26/08
YOUR OPINION 04/26/2008

HR 1707, a bill to close SOA, has 119 co-sponsors in the House. It will be reconsidered this summer after narrowly missing passage last y...

Source: Scranton Times-Tribune,  USA
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06/25/07
Democrats Vote to Keep School of t...

The margin of SOA/ WHINSEC survival is rapidly dwindling, and this week due to grassroots pressure, we added several new cosponsors to HR...

Source: Toward Freedom, VT
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06/24/07
42 House Democrats Back US Terror ...

The margin of SOA/ WHINSEC survival is rapidly dwindling, and this week due to grassroots pressure, we added several new cosponsors to HR...

Source: CounterPunch, CA
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04/03/07
Peruvian Human Rights Violators Ar...

... in Latin America was reintroduced in the House of Representatives on March 27, 2007 as HR 1707, which already has broad bipartisan su...

Source: Political Affairs Magazine, NY
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03/29/07
SOA Watch Staffer Jailed for 3 Day...

Contact your Representative and urge her/him to sign-on to HR 1707, the legislation that will suspend operations at the SOA/WHINSEC and i...

Source: Infoshop News
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07/28/09
Common Man News: School of Coups

The day after Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was deposed, President Barack Obama cautioned against repeating Latin America's "dark past...

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12/02/08
Good Jesuit, Bad Jesuit: Controver...

The McGovern/Lewis Amendment, which calls to abolish HR 1707 and cut government funding for the Institute, failed by only six votes in 20...

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11/12/08
Adital - Campanha Internacional: F...

Também, no plano legislativo, nos Estados Unidos, em 2007 foi votado o Projeto de Lei HR 1707 que objetiva fechar a Escola das Américas...

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11/09/08
Vigil to End US School of Terrorism

Thank Kansas 1st District US Congressional Representative Jerry Moran for co-sponsoring HR 1707, to close down the School of the Americas...

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10/23/08
Catholics Seek Support For Probe O...

“We call on all Catholics in Georgia who are upholders of human rights to ask their congresspersons to co-sponsor this bill (HR 1707) s...

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10/17/08
One Reason Why I'm voting for Davi...

David Price is the ONLY NC Congress member to co-sponsor HR 1707:. HR 1707 (110th Congress). Bill Title: Latin America Military Training ...

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08/10/08
David Price only NC Congress membe...

David Price is the only NC Congress member to co-sponsor HR 1707, legislation that would suspend operations at the School of the Americas...

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07/20/08
Twenty Thousand Protest at Fort Be...

The democrats that chose to not vote did so because they rather not vote than vote against their people, unfortunately their non-vote was...

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07/15/08
The Costa Rica I Know

The bill, HR 1707, entitled the Latin America Military Training Review Act, was introduced to the House on March, 27, 2007 and since intr...

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07/14/08
price supports closing school of t...

the school of the americas and his co-sponsorship of hr 1707, legislation that would suspend operations at the school of the americas, re...

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