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Veterans, Clean Energy, and Common Sense

Rob Perks | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Clean Energy, Climate Bill, Operation Free, Green Jobs, Climate, Veterans, Wind Power, Frances Beinecke, Solar Energy, President Obama, votevets.org, Obama, Leon Panetta, Anthony Zinni, Lee Gunn, Green News

There's a growing consensus that one of the best things we can do to enhance our national security is to get off fossil fuels and transition to clean, home-grown energy.

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On Don't Ask Don't Tell, Army's Ready, So What's the Hold-up?

Jon Soltz | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Here's an idea: Let's just keep our best troops, no matter what their background or orientation. Momentum is picking up in Congress behind that notion, but we still need the President to make his move.

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The Company You Keep

Tom Andrews | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

Yesterday's announcement by acclaimed musicians that they were signing onto our National Campaign to Close Guantanamo Bay generated a harsh response from Liz Cheney and Bill Kristol.

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The Weakness of Liz Cheney

Jon Soltz | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Freedoms Watch, Keep-America-Safe, Liz Cheney, Terrorism, votevets.org, Guantanamo Supermax Prison, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Torture, Ari Fleischer, Waterboarding, Brad Blakeman, Votevets, Supermax, Torture, Dick Cheney, Politics News

In the end, Liz Cheney and Keep America Safe are just a re-run of what was already tried and failed in 2008. Namely, using the veil of fear to mask an un-informed, false, and weak position.

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Arlen Specter and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad VA "Death Book" Circus

Richard Allen Smith | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Death Book, Votevets, Arlen Specter, Department of Veterans Affairs, votevets.org, Va, Joe Sestak, Vha, Politics News

What Arlen Specter's opportunistic party switch has taught us is you can take the Senator out of the Republican Party, but you can't take the predilection towards manufactured offense out of the Senator.

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Support Our Troops: Combat Climate Change

Charles London | Posted 09.21.2009 | World

Displaced, vulnerable populations are a breeding ground for extremism and contribute to the instability and failure of states. Now, U.S generals say climate change acts as a "threat multiplier."

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We Need Sestak (and More Vets) in the Senate

Jon Soltz | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, US Military, Jon Soltz, Afghanistan, votevets.org, Joe Sestak Specter, Senator Arlen Specter, Veterans, Politics, Senate, Iraq Veterans, Afghanistan Veterans, Pennsylvania, Military, Votevets, Joe Sestak, Politics News

There are only three combat vets left. We need more because the values that war veterans learn, that they operate under, and that they carry with them after military life could help Capitol Hill.

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Biden Sends Right Message on Iraq

Jon Soltz | Posted 08.06.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq Surge, Vice President, Troops, President Barack Obama, votevets.org, US Troops, Joe Biden, War in Iraq, Barack Obama, Iraq War, Politics, Surge, Iraq Insurgents, Iraq, Votevets, Nouri Al Maliki, World News

It's time to start putting pressure on the Iraqi government to settle their internal differences, and make clear that we're no longer going to be their crutch. This weekend, Biden did just that.

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Has There Really Been a Policy Change in Iraq?

Jon Soltz | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Surge, Kirkuk, Al-Qaeda, Violence in Iraq, Success of the Surge, votevets.org, President Obama, Votevets, Iraq, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Nouri Al Maliki, Politics News

There haven't been any results in Iraq, either because President Obama hasn't tried hard enough, or because his efforts have failed.

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Why Army Suicides Continued to Rise in May, and What We Can Do

Jon Soltz | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stop-Loss, Depression, Army Suicides, votevets.org, Combat Stress, Chuck Hagel, Jim Webb, Army Suicides Increase, Iraq PTSD, Army, Military, Dwell Time Amendment, Breaking Politics News, Ptsd, Votevets, Army Suicide, Politics News

The root causes of combat stress leading to suicide are three-fold, mostly out of the hands of our generals, and therefore must be addressed by the Federal government.

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Why Vets Are Backing Clean Energy

Jon Soltz | Posted 05.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Energy Efficiency, American-Clean-Energy-and-Security-Act-of-2009, Edward Markey, Alternative Energy, National Security, Terrorism, votevets.org, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Henry Waxman, Green Energy, Votevets, Veterans, Al Qaeda, Politics News

Why would veterans get involved in a fight over renewable energy and efficiency? Well, for those of us who served, fighting terrorists and insurgents, this support is a no-brainer.

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100 Days On Veterans: A Reason To Hope

Jon Soltz | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Veterans Affairs, Afghanistan Veterans, Iraq Veterans, Department of Defense, Veterans Affairs, First 100 Days, Veterans Care, votevets.org, Obama First 100 Days, 100 Days, President Obama, Obama's First 100 Days, Votevets, Barack Obama, Veterans, Politics News

In all three areas of veteran care, while there's a ton to still do, there's been dramatic improvement in Obama's first 100 days.

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Our New Ad on Bob Schaffer's Shameful Record

Jon Soltz | Posted 09.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Political Ads, Iraq, Votevets, Aspect Energy, votevets.org, Colorado, Bob Schaffer, Politics News

As one of our veterans says in the ad, "I went to Iraq for my country. Bob Schaffer went to Iraq for a big oil company."

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