North Carolina Senator Richard Burr has long been hostile to veterans – voting against us, more than with us. In his short time in the Senate, he’s voted against billions in funding for veterans care, against assured funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and even against a new GI Bill for vets. Do you want to replace him with a veteran? Now, you can!CLICK HERE TO HELP CAL CUNNINGHAM BEAT RICHARD BURR
Iraq veteran, Cal Cunningham, is challenging Burr this year, and he needs our help. Cal is just the kind of candidate we need to take on Burr, and bring leadership to the Senate.In the U.S. Senate, Cunningham has vowed to fight to improve health care and job training for veterans, to protect North Carolina's military communities and the bases that create thousands of jobs, and to strengthen North Carolina's public schools, community colleges, and universities so we can grow the new economy jobs that will power an American comeback.But before Cal can take on Burr, he needs your support to win the Democratic primary on May 4. That’s just 18 days away!
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Fed up with private corporations having their way in Washington? Cal stood up in Iraq to take on contractors and their abhorrent actions there. Cal served as a military prosecutor at the Multi-National Corps-Iraq. During his tour, he was government counsel on the first court-martial of a contractor under military law since 1968. In addition to the Bronze Star Medal, he received the General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award for his leadership.If Cal wins, he would be the first veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to serve in the U.S. Senate.Let’s show Cal that we’re there for him. Take a moment give Cal the boost he needs to win before the May 4 primary. We can’t sit on the sidelines.
CLICK HERE TO HELP CAL CUNNINGHAM BEFORE THE MAY 4 PRIMARYThanks for all of your support.
Sincerely,Jon Soltz
Iraq War Veteran
Chairman, VoteVets.org
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Friday, April 16, 2010
North Carolina Senator Richard Burr has long been hostile to veterans
There is fairness on this blog, since it is not a political blog, but a veteran friendly blog. If anyone has a story to tell about veterans, no matter what political side you are on, you can find it posted here if you want to. If Senator Burr can prove he's a friend to veterans, I would be more than happy to post it here.
Hello I am with a group on Facebook that has been formed to correct the injustice being done towards our fellow soldiers and veterans, it is called: New G.I. Bill Promises To Veterans Broken Make The V.A. Restore Them ! http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=188528303993&ref=ts . My name is Leonard Clark and I am a Persian Gulf/ Iraq Veteran. I and my family were personally greatly hurt financially to due to the broken promises of this administration and negligence regarding the New G.I. Bill in addition, I like many other soldiers and veterans now have a ruined G.P.A. with years of work down the drain all due to the negligence of this agency and the president not keeping proper control of it. Please, join our group and help us grow our numbers so that we can fight non-violently to correct the injustice being towards ourselves and fellow veterans! This is a disgrace and can longer be tolerated with inaction, make them hear our voices in Washington, in your state and at ballot box come November !
ReplyDeleteLeonard Clark
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4-16-10
Hi Leonard,
ReplyDeleteThe American people simply assume veterans are taken care of because politicians claim they care. They never really investigate what the truth is. If they knew, if they knew how bad it was to come home wounded from fighting our battles, they would be staging protests on every main street in this country. They care but they depend on the media to tell them what is going on.
While reports come out in newspapers once in a while, no one talks about it on the national level.
It is a disgraceful negligence from many in both parties. It would have been wonderful if the media provided politicians trying to help with the face time on their cable news shows instead of covering Tiger Woods and Sarah Palin. With two wars producing more and more wounded, stories on celebrities are just distractions from what is really important.