Six years ago this weekend, Veterans and Military Families for Progress held its biennial national conference in Arlington, Virginia. I was a founding member and for several years served on the board of the national 501(c)4 organization. That weekend event hosted high-ranking government officials from the VA, DOD, a number of national veterans non-profits and other …
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Beau Biden: Rest well
I am grieved by the news that this fine young man died yesterday of Brain Cancer and it stunned and saddened me a great deal. Before I took to painting, before I gravitated to making art, I was deeply passionate about those serving, and about veteran and military family issues. I was political and I was …
Farewell Elizabeth!
> Long before it was a catchphrase in politics, Elizabeth Edwards gave meaning to the term “Military Families.” The daughter of a Naval Admiral, she moved with her family to U.S. naval bases around the globe. And so it was, during the height of my political awakening that our paths crossed in the fall of …