Veteran's Day

Today is Veteran's Day. How do the House Republicans support the troops? On Tuesday House Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Steve Buyer (R-IN), 4th district, announced that for the first time in at least 55 years, “veterans service organizations will no longer have the opportunity to present testimony before a joint hearing of the House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committees.” Buyer was chosen by criminally-indicted Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) to replace former veterans committee chairman Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), who had been extremely vocal about the consistent underfunding of veterans causes. The Disabled American Veterans, the “official voice of America’s service-connected disabled veterans,” just issued a release calling the decision “an insult to all who have fought, sacrificed and died to defend the Constitution.” The timing, they said, “could not have been worse.” Read the full release here. (More from The Hill.) ************************************************ Want to send your support to a Soldier in harm's way, but have no idea of what to send, who to send it to, or how to send it? Visit Any Soldier