Starting while campaigning and when Barrack was nominated and the Biden's joined that ticket was greatly increased in partnership with Dr. Jill Biden's passions as an educator and Blue Star Mom. Continuing throughout these past four years and taking on many issues, with great help from the Administration, the Cabinet of and the Spouses of the DoD, past and present, along with the Veterans Community.
Oct. 9, 2012 - With the war in Iraq over and U.S. troops withdrawing from Afghanistan, first lady Michelle Obama has made it her mission to support America's servicemen and women returning from a decade of conflict.
"Nightline" was granted wide-ranging access to Mrs. Obama, who spoke candidly about her passion to "make it right" for the nation's military families.
"We have to rally around for these families. We have to be that safety net for them because, they're leaving to serve us. They're fighting for the rights and freedoms of all of us. And that's what's moved me about this effort," an emotional first lady told "Nightline" anchor Cynthia McFadden.
Michelle Obama on Helping Military Families Mrs. Obama admitted that, like most Americans, she had little personal connection to the sacrifices of the military community.
"My connection to military life was pretty tangential," she said. "Most Americans like me, they just don't have a clear idea of the sacrifice these men and women and their families make."
Citing the hardships of multiple deployments and frequent family moves, the first lady said that she was "floored by the stories that I heard." read more>>>
Oct. 9, 2012 - In 1984, flamboyant Sierra Vista lawyer John Donald Cody disappeared in a blue Corvette along with $100,000 from a client's trust account. Authorities say he converted the money to traveler's checks, abandoned his car at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport with keys in the ignition and boarded a plane. Cody never was seen again.
But to his captors, Cody would identify himself only as "Mr. X."
They say Cody, as Thompson, ran the charity out of a shabby office in Ybor City, where he used his credentials as a former military officer to solicit contributions that rarely went to veterans.
Julie Weckerlein vividly recalls the horrid sounds that filled her base - and her head - after the incoming shell exploded: the radio call summoning the chaplain, the whirling blades of the chopper evacuating the burned remains of the Army sergeant killed in Iraq.
“Females died over there, too,” said Weckerlein, who served in Afghanistan as well. She works today as a full-time federal employee in Washington, D.C. “But there is a cultural disconnect in our society. People don’t know: What is a female veteran? What does she look like? What does she bring to the table? What did we do over there?”
10/12/2012 - A former aide to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker was convicted on Friday of stealing money from a fund for families of U.S. soldiers who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Oct 10, 2012 - The Veterans Affairs Department responded to lawmakers’ call for the removal of the VA Chief of Staff John Gingrich (pictured) by saying the agency already has dealt with several senior and career employees in the wake of its conference spending scandal.
10 October 2012 - A video news magazine designed to inform veterans, their families and their communities about the services and benefits they have earned through their service to America. Also available in high definition. visit site>>>
Oct 10, 2012 - According to Ellefsen, Romney introduced himself to Doherty four separate times during the gathering.
Oct 11th 2012 - Sometimes in meetings at JPMorgan Chase & Co., Ryan Enriquez is tempted to bark at his employees to "lock it up" when conference calls lose focus. And when he's managing projects in the mortgage division, he sometimes finds himself adopting the Marine Corps' 5-Paragraph Order to introduce order to the large-scale projects he oversees.
Oct. 1, 2012 - Authorities revealed today that they believe "Bobby Thompson," the man accused of using a fake veterans charity to swindle more than $100 million and to rub shoulders with top-level Republicans, is actually a former military intelligence officer named John Donald Cody.
most of them Republicans, including President George W. Bush, Sen. John McCain, and Ohio Rep. John Boehner, now Speaker of the House. He attended events with the political figures, and posed proudly for now infamous photos with them. read more>>>
October 10, 2012 - Mitt Romney got emotional on the campaign trail Tuesday when he described a chance meeting with former Navy SEAL Glen Doherty at a Christmas Party in La Jolla several years ago. Doherty was one of two former SEALs killed in the Libya embassy attack on September 11.
10/9/2012 - To anyone unaware of the situation, it looks like Sofaia Kreider is simply taking a brisk walk, following a very determined man. But at closer quarters, it's clear something more complex is happening.
VA medical facilities across the country use the creative arts as one form of rehabilitative treatment to help Veterans recover from and cope with physical and emotional disabilities.
year that range from oil painting to leatherwork to paint-by-number kits. In addition, there are 120 categories in the performing arts pertaining to all aspects of music, dance, drama and creative writing.
October 08, 2012 - A pair of West Point graduates with a combined over three decades of military service said Romney's speech was short sighted.
Ashley Wise took this photo in April to launch her campaign, 'Battling Bare.'
Children can also take the pledge on their feet.
Everything you see in the music video happened to Marine-turned-country-singer Stephen Cochran: Pushing the girl away, boozing into oblivion, the gun on the blanket. It all went down last year.
The only on-screen tweak from reality was the type firearm shown. In his dimmest hour, behind a locked door in his Nashville home, exhausted, alone, and telling himself: “I’m done,” Cochran rested a loaded shotgun against his bed.
October 8, 2012 - The nature of modern war has widened the chasm between civilians and the armed forces, former College President James Wright said at a history symposium, “Military Service and National Obligation,” this weekend. The symposium, held Friday and Saturday, was an intellectual gathering that brought veterans and scholars together in a conversation about the role of our military in 21st century American society.
The event highlighted important themes of Wright’s recent book, "Those Who Have Borne the Battle: A History of America's Wars and Those Who Fought Them". The symposium opened Friday in Filene Auditorium with a roundtable discussion featuring Wright and Lt. Col. John Nagl, a U.S. Naval Academy Minerva Research Fellow. On Saturday, Dartmouth faculty lectured and presented papers on military history in Carson Hall.