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Iraq, Afghanistan Veterans Group Responds to Obama's Military Family Initiative

By Jamie Reno / Military Blogger

Published January 24, 2011 at 1:27 PM PST

This story was published more than 14 years ago.

Today, Paul Reickhoff, founder and executive director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), the country's first and largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization for veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, released the following statement in response to the White House's announcement this morning of a new national initiative to support military families.

Reickhoff said:

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Jamie Reno blogged about the military for KPBS' Home Post blog. Jamie has been the San Diego correspondent for Newsweek magazine for nearly two decades, for which he has written or co-written cover stories on such subjects as the Enron collapse, Napster, the war on terrorism, media conglomeration, the Heaven's Gate religious cult, teen culture, and new cancer treatments. He has also written for such publications as the New York Times, Rolling Stone, People, USA Today and the Los Angeles Times. Jamie has won more than 20 Society of Professional Journalist and Press Club awards, including the Press Club's Best of Show award in 1997, 1998 and 2002.

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