NEWS from Legislative presentation of the Retired Enlisted Association, Gold Star Wives of America, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Air Force Sergeants Association and Fleet Reserve Association

Tuesday, March 7, 2000 9:30 a.m

Witness List and Statements

House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Bob Stump (R-AZ), right, and Minority Counsel Charles Lee listen as Rep. Ronnie Shows (D-MS) greets panelists at the March 7 Legislative Presentation. Below, Margaret Murphy Peterson, National Legislative Director of Gold Star Wives of America, Inc., presents her group’s legislative priorities.
	Above, Frederick P. Athans, National President, presents this year’s legislative agenda of The Retired Enlisted Association. He is flanked by Legislative Director Mark Olanoff, right, and National Vice President Vince Niski. Below, Executive Director James D. Staton of the Air Force Sergeants Association was accompanied by William C. McMullen, membership chairman at Andrews Air Force Base
Military Order of the Purple Heart Commander Richard H. Esau Jr., far left, presents the MOPH legislative agenda, as Frank Wickersham, National Legislative Director, listens. In the photo at right, Charles L. Calkins, center, National Executive Secretary of the Fleet Reserve Association, tells the VA Committee what legislation he’d like to see passed this year. He was accompanied by Terry L. Yanette, National Service Officer for Veterans Affairs, left, and C.A. "Mack" McKinney, Legislative Counsel.