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Are Vets Gun Right Being Violated?

The Federal Gun Control Act currently prohibits the sale of firearms to people who are "adjudicated as a mental defective." Click Here.

Senate to Vote on Raising Widows' Benefit

The House has approved increases in a special monthly allowance paid to 54,000 military widows who have seen their survivor benefits cut or stopped. Click Here.

Think We Need a Corps for Vets?

New bill includes the establishment of a service corps, similar to AmeriCorps or Senior Corps, for veterans by veterans. Click Here.

Repealing 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

The White House says President Barack Obama has begun consulting his top defense advisers on how to lift a ban on homosexuals openly serving in the military. Click Here.

Bill to Help New GI Bill Distance Learners

New bill to remove the requirement for veterans to take at least one class on-campus to receive a housing stipend in the GI Bill. Click Here.

Reverse or Maintain Coffin Photo Policy?

The Pentagon policy that bans the media from taking pictures of the flag-draped coffins of U.S. troops returning from the battlefield is now under review by the Obama administration. Click Here.

Push to Fix VA Health Care Funding

The Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act requires that veterans' health care be funded one-year in advance of the regular appropriations process. Click Here.

Stop Executive Branch From Lying into War

Should we pass legislation would prohibit the president or any other executive branch official from knowingly and willfully misleading the Congress into war? Click Here.

Stop TRICARE Fee Increases in '09

The Military Retirees Health Care Protection Act would provide the following to protection from fee TRICARE fee increases until September 30, 2009'. Click Here.


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- May 9, 2009

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