WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) is proud to announce the new HNBA Veterans Legal Initiative Program (“Veterans Initiative”), a new effort to provide free legal services to the men and women of the American armed services and their families. Started as part of National President Benny Agosto, Jr.’s ...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Unless Congress moves quickly, says The American Legion, limits for Department of Veterans Affairs home loans in America’s high-cost counties will soon be reduced. The nation’s largest veterans’ service organization is calling upon congressional lawmakers to make good on their commitment to ensure veterans and servicemembers have access to ...
ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — When members of American Legion posts across the U.S. gather on August 26 for the start of their 93rd annual national convention in Minneapolis, Memorial Blood Centers will be there to pay tribute to their heroism and provide a unique opportunity for them to continue their legacy ...
WASHINGTON, April 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — With a shutdown of the federal government imminent, The American Legion wants Congress and the White House to ensure that all active-duty service members will receive their full paychecks – uninterrupted and without delays. “We know that Secretary Gates has promised our troops that they’ll keep getting paid if ...
WASHINGTON, March 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Albert Snyder says he is not done fighting the Westboro Baptist Church and the emotional strain its anti-gay, anti-military protests cause families at private funerals. The Maryland man who lost his 20-year-old Marine son Matthew in Iraq in 2006 has fought the church in the court system after Westboro ...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The American Legion National Commander Jimmie L. Foster sent a letter today to the congressional leadership concerning the U.S. Justice Department’s decision to no longer defend the Defense of Marriage Act in court. This decision is at odds with Resolution 280, passed unanimously by delegates at the 92nd National ...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — At a congressional hearing Feb. 17, The American Legion urged Congress to invest wisely in key infrastructure areas, such as construction and vital research, in VA’s fiscal 2012 budget. Currently, VA is asking for $590 million in major construction and $550 million in minor construction. The amount falls far ...
NDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 18, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — “There they go again,” said The American Legion’s National Commander Jimmie Foster about the recommendations of two debt reduction commissions which would decrease military retirement benefits. “Every time Washington wakes up with a deficit hangover after decades of spending binges, those who study the serious problems of our national ...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The American Legion testified to Congress on Sept. 16 that the Post 9/11 GI Bill, which provides veterans with the most comprehensive education benefits since World War II, should be extended to cover courses at non-degree granting institutions. Testifying before the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, Robert Madden of ...
WASHINGTON, June 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The American Legion is calling upon Congress and the Dept. of Veterans Affairs to move quickly in granting benefit claims for three diseases recently declared to have presumptive connections with exposure to Agent Orange defoliant. For several months, The American Legion has been pressing VA to publish its final regulations ...