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6/3/2014 - WASHINGTON (June 3, 2014) -- The White House announced Saturday that America's only known prisoner of war has been released in exchange for five Afghani prisoners being held at the U.S. Detention Facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The release of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was captured by the Taliban on June 30, 2009, is great news for his family, and helps to ensure that no American is left behind once the U.S. ends its involvement in Afghanistan. But the Veterans of ...

4/5/2011 - The national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is applauding the Obama Administration for reversing an earlier decision that would have tried admitted 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and others in a New York City federal court. "Those who commit acts of war upon our nation deserve to be tried in a military court of law," said Richard L. Eubank, a retired Marine and Vietnam combat veteran from Eugene, Ore. "These people launched a devastati...

1/22/2009 - WASHINGTON — The national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. said today's presidential decision to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is not a prudent course of action during a time of war. "The detention facility is a valuable tool in the fight against terrorism because it provides useful intelligence information and it keeps our enemies off the battlefield," said Glen M. Gardner, Jr., a Vietnam veteran from Round Rock, Texas, just...

2/29/2008 - WASHINGTON — More than a thousand war veterans will be in the halls of Congress next week to lobby their elected officials on issues important to the nation’s 24 million veterans, 2.2 million servicemembers, and their families. “We are not here to be ignored or appeased with vague promises,” said George Lisicki, the national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., the oldest major veterans’ organization in the nation, and its largest organization of comba...

11/7/2016 - David Conway grew up hearing sea stories from his grandfathers, both of whom were Navy sailors during WWII. Those childhood stories solidified his desire to one day serve. In 2010, Conway joined the Coast Guard. He said the “highlight” of his time was his deployment to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. For 10 months, he patrolled the entrance to the bay and maintained a security perimeter. “We were the first line of defense on the water,” he said. “And as a crewman, I stood securi...