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Coffman’s Statement on the State of the Union AddressFebruary 13, 2013 WASHINGTON—U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Colo., released the following statement regarding President Obama’s State of the Union address— “In his State of the Union message, President Obama announced his plan to reduce troop levels in Afghanistan by 34,000 by this time next year, and I strongly applaud his efforts to bring our ... READ MORE |
U.S. House Committee Holds Hearing On VA Legionnaires Outbreak![]() February 6, 2013 By Harold HayesCBS PittsburghFebruary 5, 2013 WASHINGTON D.C. (KDKA) — Officials with the Veterans’ Affairs Department were grilled on Tuesday over a fatal outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease at Pittsburgh-area VA hospitals. There were even accusations that some data was falsified. In written remarks delivered to the House Veterans Affairs subcommittee on Oversight and In... READ MORE |
Support grows for Coffman’s Military Enlistment Opportunity ActFebruary 6, 2013 AURORA, Colo.—Today, U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Colo., announced that the Military Enlistment Opportunity Act is gaining support, with Democrat Luis Gutierrez of Illinois and Republicans David Valadao of California and Steve Stivers of Ohio signing on as cosponsors. The National Guard Association of the United States (NGAUS) also endorsed the ... READ MORE |
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Corruption in Afghanistan![]() December 7, 2012 Last year I began pushing for a congressional investigation into allegations of corruption and mismanagement at a U.S. sponsored Afghan National Army hospital, known as the Dawood National Military Hospital, in ... READ MORE |
We can be smarter than sequestration![]() November 16, 2012 The budget-gutting policies of “sequestration” — an across-the-board cut of a $55 billion a year for 10 years to our defense budget — pose a serious threat to our national security. They represent a haphazard an... READ MORE |
Moving forward after the shooting![]() September 13, 2012 On Friday, July 20 after my alarm went off, I reluctantly got out of bed at 5 a.m. in my studio apartment in Washington, D.C. It took an alarm to get me up since my ... READ MORE |