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As we noted last Thursday, Barack Obama is proposing to make wounded veterans pay for their own health care with private insurance; the American Legion is outraged: Legion to White House: Don’t Bill Our Heroes. WASHINGTON, DC (March 16, 2009) – The leader of the nation’s largest veterans organization ...
Barack Obama, Military, Veterans, Health Care, American Legion
Many commenters challenged the story about Barack Obama not attending the American Legion’s “Salute to Heroes” ball; here’s an email from the American Legion confirming that the story was accurate. In answer to your inquiry: The American Legion, as it has on every inauguration evening since 1953, hosted the ...
Another milestone for our new President: he’s the first President in 56 years to snub the American Legion’s “Salute to Heroes Inaugural Ball.” The American Legion sponsors the ball, which recognizes recipients of Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award. It started in 1953 for President Dwight D. ...