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KANSAS CITY.Mo.— The national commander of the nation’s largest organization of combat veterans is furious about the recent Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Court decision ordering Albert Snyder, the father of a slain Marine to pay legal costs to the Westboro Baptist Church. Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan., led by Fred ...
WASHINGTON — The national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is saluting the U.S. Senate today for passing S. 3162 to explicitly recognize all Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare programs as meeting the minimum essential coverage standards of the new national healthcare law. S. 3162 was introduced Wednesday by Senate...
WASHINGTON — The national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. issued a written apology to the president and congressional Democratic leadership today for suggesting that the lack of explicit language to protect military and veterans’ healthcare programs was an act of betraying America’s veterans. “I apolog...
Comrades: I just sent the following message to the entire United States Senate. I am now requesting that you and your family and friends immediately contact your two U.S. Senators and urge their support of the Burr Amendment. For Senate contact information, go tohttp://capwiz.com/vfw/dbq/officials/. I thank you in advance. Thomas J. Tradewell Sr....
WASHINGTON— Millions of Americans are now covered by the new national healthcare law, but according to the national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., missing from the healthcare bill the president signed into law today was language to specifically protect the integrity and viability of the healthcare programs provided by ...
WASHINGTON — The national commander of the nation’s oldest and largest combat veterans’ organization is furious that Congress is moving ahead with a flawed healthcare bill that does not protect the health programs provided to veterans, servicemembers or their families. “The president and the Democratic leadership are betray...
WASHINGTON — The nation's largest and oldest major combat veterans' organization will be watching intently this Sunday when the House of Representatives meets to push through a national healthcare bill. "We have been repeatedly promised by the president and by senior congressional leaders that the healthcare programs provided by the Departme...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For the third consecutive year, dedicated supporters have stepped forward to honor America’s men and women in uniform, raising almost $500,000 for theVFW Unmet Needsprogram. Launched by Burger King Franchisee Mike DeRosa in 2007, the “buy a burger; donate a buck” campaign netted a respectable $110,000 in ...
WASHINGTON— "Any attempt to link rising military personnel costs with shrinking military readiness is total nonsense," said Thomas J. Tradewell Sr., who leads the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., the largest and oldest major combat veterans' organization. "If the Defense Department needs a larger budget for personnel programs, then let ...
WASHINGTON — In his opening statement today before a joint hearing of the Senate and House Veterans Affairs Committees, Thomas J. Tradewell Sr., the national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., testified about his organization's concern with the national health care debate, and whether or not it will impact the health care ...
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