Wounded Marine Corp Sergeant Advocates On Behalf of Wounded Veterans
Yesterday Chicago personal injury attorney Robert Kreisman attended a breakfast at Chicago's Union League Club featuring Sergeant James “Eddie” Wright (USMC, Retired) as its speaker. The retired sergeant was wounded while serving on active duty in Iraq and has since become a spokesperson and fundraising advocate for Wounded Warriors, a program that assists wounded combat veterans as they adjust to civilian life.
Sergeant Wright comes from a military family and had dreamed of becoming a Marine ever since his childhood. He graduated from Boot Camp and Camp Pendleton's School of Infantry (SOI) and was deployed to Iraq in February 2004 as part of the Operation Iraqi Freedom II campaign.
Within two months of his deployment Sergeant Wright's company came under heavy fire, leaving Wright severely wounded. His bravery and composure on that day earned him the Bronze Star. Wright spent a year recovering and rehabbing at Walter Reed Army Medical Center before returning to complete two years of active duty. Wright instructed his fellow Marines in hand-to-hand combat as part of the Marine Corps Martial Arts Commitment of Excellence (MACE).
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Citizens United arose out of a claim that the conservative group's funding of "Hillary: The Movie”, a rather scathing account of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign, violated the 
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