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	President Addresses Veterans of Foreign Wars on the War on Terror
		As veterans and soon to be veterans, you have placed the nation's security before your own lives.
		VFW members come from all over the country, and both sides of the political aisle -- yet your position on the war is clear.
		In a recent resolution, the VFW declared, "it is critical that the United States succeed in Iraq, which will result in stability and security in the region." I appreciate your support for the mission in Iraq, and so do our troops in the fight.
	www.whitehouse.gov /news/releases/2006/01/20060110-1.html (5237 words)

	Speech by President Bush to Veterans of Foreign Wars Convention
		VFW's mission is to honor the dead by helping the living, and VFW members are making good on that promise every day.
		No veteran who served in the blazing heat or bitter cold of foreign lands should have to live without shelter in the very country whose freedom they fought for.
		As veterans of foreign wars, you know that the rise of liberty is critical to our national security.
	www.dakotavoice.com /200508/20050822_5.asp (3452 words)

	Vice President's Remarks at the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention
		It's good to be in Reno, Nevada, to be the guest of one of the nation's finest organizations, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States.
		A veteran who deals with the federal government should be treated as one who has paid into the system the hard way -- and should never be made to feel that someone is doing him or her a favor.
		The VFW remains in the forefront of the effort to learn the full truth about our fellow Americans whose fate is yet undetermined.
	www.whitehouse.gov /news/releases/2006/08/20060828-4.html (3979 words)

	Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) :: Veterans Day
		Veterans Day is an opportunity to publicly commemorate the contributions of living veterans.
		If World War I had been "the war to end all wars," November 11 might be still called Armistice Day.
		Realizing that peace was equally preserved by veterans of World War II and Korea, Congress decided to make the day an occasion to honor all those who have served America.
	www.vfw.org /index.cfm?fa=cmty.leveld&did=2485 (182 words)

	Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1079, Elyria, Ohio (Site not responding. Last check: )
		There are three requisites for membership in the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States: (1) Citizenship; (2) Honorable service in the Armed Forces of the United States; (3) Service entitling the applicant to the award of a recognized campaign medal or as set forth in the Congressional Charter and/or By-Laws.
		The card which you hold in the Veterans of Foreign Wars is a sacred heritage; your inherent right to its possession was achieved when you offered your life in the service of your country.
		The Veterans of Foreign Wars is unique in that you cannot be born into it.
	vfw1079.homestead.com /home.html (616 words)

	Veterans of Foreign Wars: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library (Site not responding. Last check: )
		At the close of World War II, the VFW vastly increased its membership; it now rivals the American Legion in size and influence.
		The organization's program is devoted to the rehabilitation of disabled veterans, protection of national security through maximum military strength, and promotion of patriotism and community service activity.
		Remarks...uniform, assisting veterans, cultivating civic...most importantly of all) keeping alive...been involved in wars that were waged...will also be like wars that youve fought in, a war of liberation, a...
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/veterans-of-foreign-wars.jsp?l=V&p=1 (1661 words)

	Veterans of Foreign Wars
		Nowadays, the VFW and its "Ladies Auxiliary" claim "2.6 million members in approximately 9,000 Posts worldwide." They call themselves "the nation's strongest voice for veterans and the catalyst for change in improving veterans benefits." However, the VFW no longer critiques the underlying causes of war.
		This legislation, the consequence of intensive lobbying by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, struck the Princetonians as an intolerable raid upon the United States Treasury for the benefit of an organized minority.
		Their first manifesto in the Princetonian argued that sooner or later there would be another war and that it would only be an act of justice for Congress to grant a $1000 cash bonus to all men between the ages of 18 and 36.
	coat.ncf.ca /our_magazine/links/53/vfw.html (803 words)

	Veterans of Foreign Wars, Department of California
		The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Department of California announced that we have established a Special Fund to assist VFW members and active military personnel who have been affected by the fires in Southern California
		The Department of California requested support and as a result, The Veterans of Foreign Wars National Headquarters sent $100,000 to assist VFW members and for the members of the active military stationed in California.
		From the dedication of the Veterans' Services Center in Los Alamitos, to the grand opening of Veterans Memorial Park in Stanton and city ceremonies in Seal Beach, Orange, Irvine and Mission Viejo, veterans and their families were revered for their service and love of country.
	www.vfwca.org (1512 words)

	Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
		VFW Hopes New Nominee is a Strong Veteransâ Advocate
		With the percentage of citizens who have worn a uniform rapidly declining, appreciation for the sacrifices made by veterans is correspondingly diminishing.
		To help counter this trend, VFW has long promoted Veterans Day as an opportunity to educate the public as to the meaning of this significant time each November.
	www.vfw.org (211 words)

	Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Department of Arizona
		Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Department of Arizona
		The VFW monitors medical and health issues affecting veterans as well as providing veterans with up-to-date information on diabetes, post-traumatic stress, Agent Orange exposure and Persian Gulf Syndrome.
		A recent addition to the Washington D.C., office is the Tactical Assessment Center, a 24-hour help line for veterans with questions or concerns about VA entitlements.
	www.azvfw.org (296 words)

	Honoring Our Veterans
		Instead, what I've described is the war machine of Imperial Japan in the 1940s, its surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, and its attempt to impose its empire throughout East Asia.
		Without Americans' intervention during the war and our willingness to stick with the South Koreans after the war, millions of South Koreans would now be living under a brutal and repressive regime.
		At the outset of the war in the Pacific, there were those who argued that freedom had seen its day and that the future belonged to the hard men in Tokyo.
	www.whitehouse.gov /infocus/veterans (4856 words)

	Texas VFW Homepage
		Below are links to Memorandums of Understanding between the Veterans of Foreign Wars and various United States Military Service Commands regarding cooperation between those services and the VFW to reach out to military members and their families.
		The Texas VFW stands ready to help coordinate efforts to assist the families of military personnel who may be called up during this time of crisis.
		The Department of Texas VFW Website is brought to you courtesy of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
	www.texasvfw.org (638 words)

	Join the Veterans of Foreign Wars
		The Veterans of Foreign Wars reserves the right to disapprove applications and to require further proof when it is necessary to prove eligibility.
		I further give authority to the Veterans of Foreign I I Wars of the United States to verify my entitlement to membership.
		I I I I Should my affiliation with the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United I I States cease in any way, I will consider this pledge as binding outside I I of the order as though I had remained a member of same.
	www.texasvfw.org /join.htm (427 words)

	VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
		A charter was issued by the National Veterans of Foreign Wars to members to members organized in Trotwood, Ohio on 6 April 1995.
		We have made several contributions to organizations that assist veterans, needy family member of veterans, and have given donations to organizations throughout the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
		This past year we participated in the placing of markers and American flags on veterans graves at the Dayton Memorial Park Cemetery on North Dixie Drive on Memorial Day.
	www.coax.net /people/lwf/VFW_4270.HTM (260 words)

	Veterans of Foreign Wars - Speech
		We cannot afford to allow any veterans to be left behind.
		I look forward to working with the VFW and all the veterans service organizations as we move forward to ensuring that all America's veterans get the best employment and training services which they have so justly earned.
		That’s where you come in, where the veterans service organizations have always needed to come in.
	www.dol.gov /vets/media/speeches/vfw.htm (916 words)

	Remarks at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Convention - Council on Foreign Relations
		Like veterans of all wars past, today’s fighting men and women, deserve our prayers and support and then, when they come home, they deserve the respect and welcome of a grateful nation.
		The job will be done when veterans are not asked for increasing co-payments, enrollment fees, and other charges to shift the burden of care to other veterans and drive more than a million veterans out of the system.
		Together, with the help from the leadership of the VFW we can be proud that we put in place the most thorough, the most exhaustive, the most extensive effort to account for missing, captured or dead in all the history of human warfare.
	www.cfr.org /publication/7257/remarks_at_the_veterans_of_foreign_wars_convention.html (2987 words)

	Veterans Of Foreign Wars (VFW)
		The VFW Foundation is a 501c(3) not-for-profit veterans service organization that relies on public donations to support programs that promote citizenship education and volunteerism and facilitate aid for veterans and their families in need of medical, rehabilitative, educational and employment services.
		VFW membership is available to all U.S. service members who have earned an overseas campaign or expeditionary medal and are currently on active-duty, in the Reserves or who have been honorably discharged from the U.S. armed forces.
		The VFW's presence on Capitol Hill allows VFW officials to monitor and lobby Congress for legislative action targeted toward maintaining a strong national defense and improving military benefits and quality of life for all veterans, including those currently serving in the active-duty military, the National Guard and the Reserves.
	www.workworld.org /wwwebhelp/veterans_of_foreign_wars_vfw_.htm (739 words)

	Testimony of John McNeill, Asst. Director, Veterans Benefits Policy, Veterans of Foreign Wars
		Issues such as these are one of the very reasons the Veterans of Foreign Wars decided two years ago to establish a toll-free “help-line” that veterans could use to inform us of problems they may be encountering on any aspect of VA health care.
		BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the VFW continue to closely monitor this issue and urge appropriate corrective action when necessary to assist Gulf War veterans and their families to include veterans who served in the nations of Turkey and Israel.
		BE IT RESOLVED, by the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, that we urge Congress to include sufficient funding in VA’s appropriations to increase FTEE in the Compensation and Pension Service by 500 and maintain FTEE at the FY 1997 levels in the other VBA components.
	veterans.house.gov /hearings/schedule106/oct99/10-26-99/vfw.htm (2226 words)

	USATODAY.com - VFW's Ohio commander: Veterans are getting attention, will be voting (Site not responding. Last check: )
		CINCINNATI (AP) — Every four years, Veterans of Foreign Wars posts get attention from presidential candidates, but it seems more intense this year — and is likely to get results, the group's Ohio commander said Monday as President Bush spoke to veterans here.
		Veterans are concerned about their own health care, the economy and deployments, he said.
		Bush on Monday used the VFW convention as a forum to announce a realignment of thousands of U.S. troops that will relocate some from European posts back to the United States, and touted his administration's record in increasing funding for veterans' health care programs, new clinics and modernized Veterans Administration hospitals.
	www.usatoday.com /news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-08-16-vets-voting_x.htm (378 words)

	Veterans of Foreign Wars: What Happens at the VFW - Associated Content
		According to the VFW website, the organization began in 1899 when groups of veterans banded together to secure benefits.
		The VFW has aided in the construction of many memorials and monuments dedicated to honoring those who were killed in service of their country.
		The VFW supports providing the necessary supplies and materials to the soldiers to allow them to complete their missions.
	www.associatedcontent.com /article/53758/veterans_of_foreign_wars_what_happens.html (433 words)

	Welcome to Texas VFW
		WASHINGTON (May 22, 2006) — The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is alerting all members that computer records with personal information on millions of veterans were stolen earlier this month from the home of a data analyst who works for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
		In conference calls today with veterans’ service organizations and with members of the national news media, VA Secretary Jim Nicholson admitted that up to 26.5 million names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth and, in some cases, home addresses, disability ratings and spousal information were stolen during what appeared to be a random burglary.
		The Department of Texas VFW Website is brought to you courtesy of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
	www.texasvfw.com /hotpage.htm (860 words)

	National Veterans Golden Age Games - Veterans Affairs/Veterans of Foreign Wars (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Made available on September 1994, the site serves several major constituencies, including the veteran and his or her dependents, Veterans Service Organizations, the military, the general public, and VA employees around the world.
		With a rich tradition rooted in the 19th century, the Veterans of Foreign Wars is today the oldest major veterans organization in America.
		More than 1.8 million veterans in eleven southern California counties and four southern Nevada counties can access primary and specialized care as well as related medical and social support services covering the full health care continuum.
	www.gla.med.va.gov /2002GoldenAgeGames/va.htm (502 words)

	The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Launches New Personalized Health Savings Program (Site not responding. Last check: )
		VFW chooses Veterans Care Plus, a Personalized Health Savings Program that includes access to lower cost prescription drugs and other health services, for its members and its auxiliary.
		Veterans Care Plus is the first program of its kind developed for Veterans by Veterans, and is available to VFW and Ladies Auxiliary VFW members nationwide.
		Proceeds of Veterans Care Plus support the VFW and Ladies Auxiliary programs and services in addition to The Twilight Brigade, a national, not-for-profit group that is organized to provide social and care giver support to veterans and immediate family members.
	www.prweb.com /releases/2006/9/prweb442322.htm (593 words)

	Veterans of Foreign Wars, Department of Illinois
		Rich served the VFW Department of Illinois as Assistant Voice of Democracy Chairman, was appointed Regional Membership Director for 5 years and appointed Department Membership Director in 2004-2005.
		Rick was elected to a two year term on the VFW National Council of Administration and selected to serve on the National Budget Committee both years.
		Adams was awarded the VFW Humanitarian Award for saving the life of a comrade during the 1997 Department of Illinois, VFW, Voice of Democracy Council of Administration meeting weekend, an act which prompted the creation of the Department of Illinois, VFW, EMS team where she has served since 1999.
	www.vfwil.org /Officers.asp (1987 words)

	Veterans of Foreign Wars, Department of Illinois
		We are active on behalf of veterans and their communities.
		In Illinois we have four Veterans Homes for the elderly and disabled, some specially equipped to care for Alzheimer patients.
		We will always be here to ensure the honor and recognition due our veterans, in life and in death.
	www.vfwil.org (272 words)

	DefenseLink Speech:
		would greet a good number of the hundreds of thousands of young Americans going off to war in one direction or the other, and what a wonderful tribute it was to those in uniform.
		You, as veterans, are uniquely qualified to remind the American people that there have been setbacks and difficulties in every war throughout our nation's history; that there have always been those arguing that
		But in fact, he said, wars are won “on the initiative, the fidelity, the strength of many thousands of individuals known only to their immediate comrades in battle, their names forgotten today.
	www.defenselink.mil /Speeches/Speech.aspx?SpeechID=1034 (2796 words)

	CONFERENCE OF VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
		As I spoke last week in San Diego, one of the great lessons of history is that if America is prepared to fight many wars and greater wars and any wars that come, then we will fight fewer wars and lesser wars and perhaps no wars at all.
		The generals said after the Persian Gulf War there was a certain pride again.
		And I know the Vietnam veterans in this audience might recall their ordeal when they came home.
	www.fas.org /spp/starwars/elect96/bd960820.htm (904 words)

	Charity Navigator Rating - Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation
		The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Foundation is committed to improving the lives of veterans and service personnel, their families, and the communities in which they live and work through a variety of programs.
		Through its Unmet Needs Program, the VFW Foundation has provided millions of dollars of support to our Americans serving in harm's way.
		Additional programs include Operation Uplink, which provides free prepaid phone cards to active-duty military personnel and hospitalized veterans; and the annual Vander Clute Memorial Motorcycle Ride, which raises money to support Fisher House, an organization dedicated to helping military families.
	www.charitynavigator.org /index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/7661.htm (208 words)

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