Tanks, Flyovers And Heightened Security: Trump's 4th Of July Ups Taxpayer Cost
By Claudia Grisales · NPR ·American taxpayers are looking at a bigger bill for this year's Independence Day party in the nation's capital. For this Fourth of July, President Trump has added an address from the Lincoln Memorial, tanks stationed in the area, an exte...
Veterans to hand out John McCain shirts at July Fourth celebration in DC
By Nikki Wentling · Stars and Stripes ·WASHINGTON — A group of veterans plans to hand out thousands of T-shirts during President Donald Trump’s Fourth of July event in Washington that feature one of Trump’s political rivals — the late Sen. John McCain....
Veterans will give out USS John McCain T-shirts at Trump's July 4th event
By Jason Silverstein · CBS News ·Before President Trump holds his Fourth of July "Salute to America" celebration on the National Mall — complete with tanks and military aircraft flying overhead — a veterans group will hand out thousands o...
Joint Statement of VoteVets and Concerned Veterans for America, on Senate Vote on Iran War
"We have come a very long way from the days of blank checks, that wrongly used the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force as an excuse to send troops all around the world, at any given time." WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the U...
VoteVets Endorses Kim Olson for Congress
Addison, TX – The largest progressive group of veterans in America, VoteVets PAC, is today endorsing Kim Olson for Congress. “Everyone was blown away by Kim’s campaign announcement video, but that...
Strong Opposition to Iran War, Support for Complete Repeal of 2001 AUMF, New Joint Poll From Conservative, Progressive Veterans’ Groups Finds
Survey of diverse states, including early Democratic primary states, and key Congressional district, show a public united in its desire for public officials to stop march to more war WASHINGTON, DC -- A new poll across five 2020 swing s...
VoteVets Endorses Jackie Gordon for Congress
Copiague, NY – The largest progressive group of veterans in America, VoteVets PAC, is today endorsing Jackie Gordon for Congress. “Jackie’s life is about service to others, which is something we need a lot more of, i...
VoteVets Endorses RD Huffstetler for Congress
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - VoteVets is today endorsing Roger Dean Huffstetler in his campaign for Congress. "RD is the kind of forward thinker that we need in Congress, right now,” said Jon Soltz, Iraq War Veteran and Chair of VoteVe...
VoteVets Applauds Passage of Repeal of 2001 AUMF in House of Representatives
WASHINGTON, DC - In a huge shift in the debate over war powers, the House of Representatives, today, voted to repeal the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force, passed after 9/11. The Authorization has been used to send troo...
VoteVets Endorses Cal Cunningham for Senate
RALEIGH, NC – The national veterans group VoteVets PAC is endorsing Cal Cunningham for Senate, today. “Washington is broken, and is in desperate need of bold, strong leadership,” said Jon Soltz, Iraq War Veteran and...