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On Thursday, May 1, 2008, Linda Bilmes received the American Friends Service Committee's (AFSC) annual Speaking Truth to Power award in Chicago. The AFSC is honoring Linda's "impressive scholarship on the economic cost of war and research on wounded veterans, [her] willingness to bring these important issues to the public arena, and [her] partnership in our Cost of War project". Previous Speaking Truth to Power Award recipients include the author Studs Terkel, Calvin Morris (Executive Director, Community Renewal Society), Charlie Richardson and Nancy Lessing (Co-founders of Military Families Speak Out).
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