By Lt. Gen Robert G. Gard Jr., USA (Ret.)
The McCain campaign has spent weeks trying to portray Obama as out of touch with the concerns of ordinary Americans. Today, an interviewer at Politico.com asked McCain how many homes he and his wife owned, to which he responded that he was not sure but would get [...]
Today at a townhall meeting, a McCain supporter suggested reenacting the draft. Sen. McCain’s response? “I don’t disagree.”
QUESTIONER: If we don’t reenact the draft, I don’t think we’ll have anyone to chase Bin Laden to the gates of hell.
[Appaluse]
MCCAIN: Ma’am, let me say that I don’t disagree with anything you said.
Watch it here:
This isn’t the [...]
Sen. Obama spoke to an audience of Veterans of Foreign Wars in Orlando, FL today, and chided John McCain for suggesting that Obama’s foreign policy positions were based on his own political interest, spoke in frank terms about the lack of political reconciliation in Iraq in the wake of the surge, and how Iraq has [...]
By Noel Koch
On the first Saturday of each new month during the summer a group of Vietnam Veterans gather at the Vietnam Memorial in the early morning hours to wash The Wall. It is an act of homage, honoring our Brothers and Sisters. We are joined by a local service group, Civil Air Patrol Cadets, [...]
I was born to two of the best parents anyone could hope to have. My father a Minister, my mother a Domestic Engineer (housewife), raised ten (10) children, five boys and five girls. Of the five boys, three of us served our country with pride. My brother Herman, who still resides in Louisiana, enlisted in [...]
I support Barack Obama because I want this misbegotten war to end.
I am a Navy vet. I enlisted in Sep ‘66, reported in Jan ‘67 and was released in Nov ‘69, after 3 years and 10 months due to force reduction. I went in supporting the Vietnam War - that’s why I enlisted. [...]
By Lt. Gen. Robert G. Gard Jr. (USA, Ret.)
While no one would argue that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are stretching the Department of Veterans Affairs’ resources close to the breaking point, Sen. McCain’s suggestion yesterday that we ration veterans’ health care to ”concentrate” on people with wounds that “are a direct result of combat” [...]
Lt. General Robert G. Gard Jr., the chairman of the VFO steering committee, went on the Mario Solis Marich Show last week to talk about Vets for Obama and his own support for Senator Obama.
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“All of us would agree that he’s an American hero due to his conduct as a prisoner of [...]
By Brandon Friedman
Originally posted at VetVoice
While Barack Obama spends the week in Afghanistan and Iraq, speaking to throngs of cheering troops and diplomats, John McCain is accusing the likely Democratic nominee of wanting to “lose” the war in Iraq. Here’s what he said today:
MCCAIN: It seems to me that Senator Obama would rather lose a [...]
By Spc. JE Smith (USA, Ret.)
As a veteran, I am often asked why I support Senator Obama, and I can give only one answer, I believe him to be the best qualified to be Commander in Chief. He has the experience, temperament and judgment. I realized this long ago, while deployed in [...]
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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