4/7/2008 9:22:02 AM
Senators McCain, Lieberman, Graham & Rep. Marshall to Address Hundreds of Veterans from Iraq and Afghan Fronts
WHO/WHAT:
More than 400 members of Vets for Freedom will gather on Capitol Hill to hear words of support from various Senators—including presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)—before individual meetings with their legislators.
Vets for Freedom (VFF) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization established by combat veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is the largest U.S. organization of its kind, with 44 state chapters and some 22,000 members. Its mission is to educate the American public about the importance of achieving success in Iraq and Afghanistan and to compel Congress to listen to the Generals on the ground. VFF supports policymakers from both sides of the aisle.
WHY:
Tuesday’s gathering will provide a unique opportunity to get first-hand perspective from recent veterans who came from across the U.S., to spread a message of support for the troops, and to support General David Petraeus as he testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee about progress in Iraq that day.
Included in the group are Bronze Star, Silver Star and Navy Cross recipients at the tail end of the VFF National Heroes Tour. The educational bus-tour spent the last three weeks rolling through 14 states and making 21 stops sharing stories of success in Iraq. Among the rotating group of elite heroes on the bus are the commander of the battalion that found Saddam Hussein; a Navy SEAL famous for being the sole survivor of the most deadly mission for NAVY special operations since WWII; a Marine who kept rushing back into a building to save his peers despite being severely injured, and others.
The last stop is in New York City, on April 9—for interviews in NYC, please contact Judy Mayka (202-834-5931, judy@vetsforfreedom.org.)
WHERE:
8:00 a.m. Pre-event interview-availability – Upper Senate Park, Capitol Hill
(Go to www.vetsforfreedom.org/heroestour for a map and other details)
8:30 a.m. Event kick-off – Upper Senate Park
9:30 a.m. Post-event interview availability – beforeveterans disperse to meet with legislators
Pinging the ladies, first, to this thread. After this “testosterone show of force” on the Hill Tuesday, Carl Levin, Teddy Kennedy, Robert Byrd, Hillary Clinton, Jim Webb and other crybaby ‘Rats on the Senate Armed Services Committee and elsewhere on the Hill, may need diaper changes.
Vets for Freedom big Bump.
I love those guys
Ping for Tuesday’s plan of action...
Ping
Thanks! Headed out in a couple!