Zócalo Public SquareU.S. Army Veteran and Author Steve Miska – Zócalo Public Square https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org Ideas Journalism With a Head and a Heart Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:01:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 U.S. Army Veteran and Author Steve Miska https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2021/06/01/army-veteran-author-steve-miska-baghdad-underground-railroad/personalities/in-the-green-room/ https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2021/06/01/army-veteran-author-steve-miska-baghdad-underground-railroad/personalities/in-the-green-room/#respond Tue, 01 Jun 2021 22:00:14 +0000 Admin https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/?p=120376 Steve Miska, a veteran who retired as a colonel after 25 years in the Army, led the “Baghdad Underground Railroad,” which helped dozens of interpreters escape sectarian violence in 2007. The author of a new book chronicling that experience, Baghdad Underground Railroad: Saving American Allies in Iraq, he is currently executive director of the nonprofit First Amendment Voice, and continues to work to help interpreters in the Middle East. Before visiting Zócalo to discuss “What Does America Owe to Veterans of Its 21st-Century Wars?,” he talked in the green room about scuba diving, Iraqi hospitality, and embracing self-promotion.

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