{"id":16901,"date":"2010-01-21T10:14:22","date_gmt":"2010-01-21T15:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=16901"},"modified":"2010-01-21T10:14:22","modified_gmt":"2010-01-21T15:14:22","slug":"for-anyone-under-the-mistaken-impression-that-ivaw-and-votevets-are-veterans-organizations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=16901","title":{"rendered":"For anyone under the mistaken impression that IVAW and VoteVets are Veterans Organizations"},"content":{"rendered":"

From House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Bob Filner <\/a>comes this via email:<\/p>\n

Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, January 20, 2010, with both Democratic and Republican Members of the House Committee on Veterans\u2019 Affairs in attendance, Chairman Bob Filner held a meeting with 40 veterans service organizations to discuss priorities for the second session of the 111th Congress.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday\u2019s roundtable marks the second time during the 111th Congress that this Committee has met with veterans\u2019 advocates to discuss the important issues facing our Nation\u2019s veterans and plan how best to solve these problems,\u201d said Chairman Filner. \u201cThe purpose of today\u2019s meeting is to build upon the successes of the first session and collaborate on how we can better serve our veterans and wounded warriors going forward.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Just want to first thank the Chairman for having the organizations in to discuss the issues facing veterans. More importantly, I wanted to show you the list of 40 Veterans Service Organizations that were in attendance. You know how IVAW and VoteVets claim to represent veterans on Capitol Hill? Well, I would love for one of them to explain why these organizations were invited and they were not. If you think VoteVets and IVAW are representing you on the Hill, you should ask them when and where they are doing so. VoteVets is up there right now advocating closing Gitmo and bringing those terrorists into the states, but they were apparently too busy to go to a meeting to discuss issues facing our returning brothers and sisters.<\/p>\n

After the fold, the list of 40 organizations that *ARE* looking out for you and yours.
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\nComplete List of Participants<\/p>\n

1. Mike Dunn, President and Chief Executive Officer, Air Force Association
\n2. John R. \u201cDoc\u201d McCauslin, Chief Executive Officer, Air Force Sergeants Association
\n3. Les Jackson, Executive Director, American Ex-Prisoners of War
\n4. Steve Robertson, Director, National Legislative Commission, The American Legion
\n5. Ray Kelley, National Legislative Director, AMVETS
\n6. Ike Puzon, Director of Legislation, Association of the U.S. Navy
\n7. John Lopez, Chairman, Association for Service Disabled Veterans
\n8. Tom Zampieri, Director of Government Relations, Blinded Veterans Association
\n9. Ray Williams, National Service Officer, Catholic War Veterans
\n10. Joe Violante, National Legislative Director, Disabled American Veterans
\n11. Daryl Corley, President – DC Chapter, Elite Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business Network
\n12. Thomas Banzul, General Counsel, Empowering Veterans
\n13. Michael P. Cline, Executive Director, Enlisted Association of the National Guard
\n14. Joseph L. Barnes, National Executive Director, Fleet Reserve Association
\n15. Vivianne C. Wersel, Au.D., Government Relations Committee, Gold Star Wives of America
\n16. Thomas Tarantino, Legislative Associate, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America
\n17. Robert Nakamoto, President, Japanese American Veterans Association
\n18. Herb Rosenbleeth, National Executive Director, Jewish War Veterans
\n19. Bob Norton, Deputy Director Government Relations, Military Officers Association of America
\n20. Jim Richards, Assistant Service Director, Military Order of the Purple Heart
\n21. Don Loudner, National Commander, National American Indian Veterans, Inc.
\n22. Joe Wynn, Legislative Liaison, National Association for Black Veterans
\n23. Rick Jones, Legislative Director\/PAC, National Association for Uniformed Services
\n24. John Driscoll, President and Chief Executive Officer, Natl. Coalition for Homeless Veterans
\n25. Pete Duffy, Deputy Director of Legislation, National Guard Association
\n26. Barbara Cohoon, Deputy Director of Government Relations, National Military Family Association
\n27. Ronald B. Abrams, Joint Executive Director, National Veterans Legal Services Program
\n28. Richard Schneider, Exec. Dir. for Government Affairs, Non Commissioned Officers Association
\n29. Carl Blake, National Legislative Director, Paralyzed Veterans of America
\n30. Marshall Hanson, Legislative and Naval Services Director, Reserve Officers Association
\n31. Brian Hawthorne, Legislative Director, Student Veterans of America
\n32. Amy Fairweather, Policy Director, Swords to Plowshares
\n33. Deirdre Parke Holleman, Executive Director, The Retired Enlisted Association
\n34. Matt Cary, Executive Director\/Past President, Veterans and Military Families for Progress
\n35. Paul Sullivan, Executive Director, Veterans for Common Sense
\n36. Eric A. Hilleman, National Legislative Director, Veterans of Foreign Wars
\n37. Donald D. Overton, Jr., Executive Director, Veterans of Modern Warfare
\n38. Leonard J. Selfon, J.D., CAE, Senior Vice-President, VetsFirst
\n39. John Rowan, National President, Vietnam Veterans of America
\n40. Ralph Ibson, Senior Fellow for Health Policy, Wounded Warrior Project<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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