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Immigration and Our Military March 11, 2010 | Huffington Post
By opening up the path to citizenship, and adding tens of thousands of new service members, those currently in our Armed Forces can get some much-needed relief. A young man from Oklahoma who is away from his wife and kids because of his fifth tour in Afghanistan might get rotated out and given a much needed rest on the home-front, if we allow immigrants to come out the shadows and serve.
Bailey Gets Endorsement from Veterans in State Senate Race March 08, 2010 | Press Release
America's most active group of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, VoteVets.org PAC, today endorsed fellow veteran Aaron Bailey in his race to become State Senator from Michigan's 13th District.
Our New Ad, Kos Wrapper, and Our Oil Addiction March 05, 2010 | Daily Kos
A new television ad today running nationally and in eight states, sponsored by VoteVets.org in conjunction with Operation Free, makes a very clear point - to combat those who would do us harm, and protect America, we don't need more war, we need to cut their funding and effect their ability to cause havoc. One of the best ways to do that, right now, is pass clean energy and climate legislation in Congress, which would cut our oil dependence in half.
Tough Votes March 04, 2010 | Yglesias.ThinkProgress.Org
This ad from VoteVets is slightly hyperbolic, but it does an excellent job of highlighting the absurdity of the idea of a climate bill as a “tough vote” And it’s true. Losing a limb in a war fought because the American economy is hyper-dependent on oil is tough. Having a hurricane-induced flood destroy your home is tough. Having your fields dry up and your crops die because rain patterns shifted is tough. Having your town shot-up by interlopers from two villages down because their fields dried up and their crops died because rain patterns shifted is tough. Paying higher taxes to build a seawall around Manhattan is tough. Getting astma because of particulate air pollution is tough.
Veterans Launch Powerful Clean Energy Ad Tying Foreign Oil to Troop Deaths March 04, 2010 | Solve Climate
A veterans' group launched a powerful national ad campaign today with video images that make a chilling connection between the United States’ reliance on foreign oil and the deaths of U.S. troops in Iraq. The goal of the campaign is to encourage a national shift toward cleaner energy and away from reliance on oil. It’s a shift that is also increasingly being encouraged by top military officials who recognize that foreign oil is putting their troops in harm’s way.
Vet Group Draws Terrorism, IEDS, Ahmadinejad Into Energy Debate March 03, 2010 | Huffington Post
A progressive veterans group is making a provocative push to get comprehensive energy reform passed, launching a new ad that ties oil consumption to Iranian-backed attacks against U.S. troops.
Veterans New Ad: Oil Money Enabled Creation of Weapons In Iran, Used in Attacks on US Troops in Iraq March 03, 2010 | Press Release
US war veterans today announced that they will commit close to a million dollars to an ad campaign -- running nationally and in eight states - which ties Iran's ability to create new and powerful weapons used against our troops to our addiction to oil. It calls on Congress to pass comprehensive clean energy legislation and defund our most dangerous enemies. The ad is paid for by VoteVets.org Action Fund in coordination with Operation Free.
Veterans Affairs shows off its Office of New Media February 19, 2010 | Oh My Gov!
The Department of Veterans Affairs has been showing off its Office of New Media to vet bloggers, including Richard Allen Smith of VetVoice. In a recent post, Smith described his tour and visit with the VA's director of new media, Brandon Friedman.
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