By Lt. Gen. Robert G. Gard Jr. (USA, Ret.)
Some people have been surprised by General Colin Powell’s endorsement of Barack Obama. How could Powell, who served in several Republican administrations, endorse a Democrat over John McCain, a storied war hero?
As a lifelong military man, I too will be casting my vote for Barack Obama on [...]
We are ten days out from Election Day. The current polls are looking promising, but we all know this race won’t be over until it’s over.
Across America, lifelong conservatives are deciding to back Barack Obama for President because they feel he is the right man to be President at this point in our history — [...]
John McCain’s Senate career has been characterized by lip service to, and votes against our troops and veterans. That’s why so many military members and families are speaking out against him and supporting Barack Obama for president.
This video of Republican soldiers and military family members that just can’t vote for John McCain just came out, [...]
(h/t Brandon Friedman/Vetvoice)
In an interview with Marie Claire magazine, Cindy McCain was asked about whether her husband suffered any aftereffects from his time in Vietnam. Her response:
Marie Claire: You met your husband after his POW days. To what extent is that still with you - or is it a part of history?
Cindy McCain: My husband [...]
By Lt. General Robert G. Gard Jr. (USA, Ret.)
McCain surrogates have been touting Palin’s experience as commander of the Alaska National Guard. Veterans For America, a nonpartisan veterans advocacy group, has been in Alaska all last week researching the plight of the National Guard in Alaska, as they’ve been doing all with other state National [...]
By Koby J. Langley
If you are still asking why Senator McCain struggles with his abysmal voting record on Pro-Veterans legislation, let me suggest an answer – Senator McCain is no different than any other George Bush economic policy protégé in the past eight years, he proudly proclaims that “I voted with [...]
The administration is using the National Guard, which traditionally is given five years at home between every year deployed, like it uses the army — for extended, repeated deployments in Iraq. Half of the troops deployed to Iraq between now and the end of Bush’s presidency will be National Guard troops, so operationally, it is [...]
Before you read this account (courtesy of Veterans for Common Sense) of John McCain’s voting record on veterans’ issues, try to pretend for a second that you know nothing about John McCain. You don’t know about his biography. You’ve never heard his name in connection with the letters P, O and W before. You don’t [...]
Watching John McCain speak at the Republican National Convention about his POW experience, we were once again completely floored by the the disparity between how poorly John McCain has served the military after serving so bravely in the military. His voting record on veterans’ issues should make any Senator ashamed, let alone one who served [...]
We’ll have more today about Sarah Palin’s speech last night, but I wanted to start with this:
A leader who’s not looking for a fight, but is not afraid of one either. Harry Reid, the Majority Leader of the current do-nothing Senate, not long ago summed up his feelings about our nominee.
He said, quote, “I can’t [...]
2665 of our nation’s veterans have signed the petition pledging their support for Sen. Barack Obama. Check out the petition and sign it today!
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