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  • AmVets Applauds Secretary Hagel’s Medal Decision

    Posted on April 16, 2013 by AMVETS in Frontpage, Press, Press Release No Comments

    AMVETS Applauds Sec­re­tary Hagel’s Medal Deci­sion Pen­ta­gon will not issue Dis­tin­guished War­fare Medal for drone pilots and cyber war­riors Cleve Geer, national com­man­der of AMVETS, America’s most inclu­sive major vet­er­ans’ ser­vice orga­ni­za­tion, lauded Defense Sec­re­tary Chuck Hagel’s deci­sion to can­cel plans for the con­tro­ver­sial Dis­tin­guished War­fare Medal and instead issue a new device to affix […]

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  • Veterans Groups Say President’s Budget Falls Short

    Posted on April 12, 2013 by AMVETS in Frontpage, Press Release No Comments

    “I am deeply con­cerned that the President’s bud­get falls far short of meet­ing the needs of VA and the vet­er­ans it serves, espe­cially in the area of new con­struc­tion and main­te­nance for VA’s med­ical facil­i­ties,” said AMVETS National Com­man­der Cleve Geer. “I urge the Pres­i­dent to take another look at The Inde­pen­dent Bud­get and to […]

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  • AmVets Announces Winter Sweepstakes Winners!

    Posted on April 8, 2013 by AMVETS in Frontpage No Comments

    AMVETS ANNOUNCES WINTER SWEEPSTAKES WINNERS! LANHAM, Md., April 8, 2013—AMVETS lead­ers this week con­grat­u­lated AMVETS 2013 Win­ter Sweep­stakes grand prize win­ner Al Nadeau, of Bron­son, Fla. AMVETS National Com­man­der Cleve Geer per­son­ally called Mr. Nadeau to con­grat­u­late him on win­ning the $10,000 sweep­stakes grand prize. AMVETS selected the 10 lucky sweep­stakes win­ners from approx­i­mately 120,000 entries […]

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  • AmVets Announces Support For Shinseki, Rejects Calls To Resign

    Posted on March 26, 2013 by AMVETS in Frontpage, Press Release No Comments

    Exec­u­tive direc­tor praises VA leader’s vision, endorses plans for new pro­cess­ing sys­tem    WASHINGTON, March 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In the wake of calls from a few vocal crit­ics in the media and vet­er­ans’ com­mu­nity for Depart­ment of Vet­er­ans Affairs Sec­re­tary Eric K. Shin­seki to resign, AMVETS National Exec­u­tive Direc­tor Stew­art Hickey today announced his organization’s […]

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  • AmVets Receives $250,000 C.O.D.E. Grant

    Posted on March 21, 2013 by AMVETS in Frontpage No Comments

    Cmdr. Cleve Geer announces 20 new AMVETS Career Cen­ters to open nation­wide in 2013 with fund­ing from Activi­sion Blizzard’s Call of Duty Endow­ment WASHINGTON, March 20, 2013  – On Wednes­day, March 20, AMVETS National Com­man­der Cleve Geer announced plans to expand the AMVETS Career Cen­ter Pro­gram with 20 new loca­tions nation­wide with the assis­tance of a […]

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  • Six Great Gadgets for Disabled Vets

    Posted on February 26, 2013 by AMVETS in Frontpage No Comments

    6 Great Gad­gets for Dis­abled Vets Dis­abled vet­er­ans and the fam­i­lies who care for them know all too well how some of the most com­mon house­hold tasks can present real chal­lenges.  These activ­i­ties of daily liv­ing (ADLs) don’t get a sec­ond thought among many peo­ple but chores like groom­ing and dress­ing, cook­ing and laun­dry, driving […]

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  • Roe Reintroduces the National Desert Storm and Desert Shield War Memorial Act

    Posted on February 8, 2013 by AMVETS in Frontpage, Press Release No Comments

    Roe Rein­tro­duces the National Desert Storm and Desert Shield War Memo­r­ial Act Hon­ors Ser­vice Mem­bers who fought in Oper­a­tion Desert Shield and Desert Storm WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, Rep. Phil Roe, M.D. (R-TN) rein­tro­duced the National Desert Storm and Desert Shield War Memo­r­ial Act, which seeks to cre­ate a national memo­r­ial hon­or­ing  the ser­vice members […]

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  • AmVets National Commander Approves Defense Secretary Nomination

    Posted on January 8, 2013 by AMVETS in News, Press Release No Comments

    LANHAM, Md., Jan. 8, 2013—This after­noon, AMVETS National Com­man­der Cleve Geer endorsed Pres­i­dent Barack Obama’s nom­i­na­tion of Chuck Hagel as the next Sec­re­tary of Defense. Obama announced the nom­i­na­tion yes­ter­day, Jan. 7, 2013. “AMVETS fully sup­ports Pres­i­dent Obama’s nom­i­na­tion of Chuck Hagel for the future Sec­re­tary of Defense,” said Geer. “As a vet­er­ans ser­vice orga­ni­za­tion, AMVETS’ […]

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