"The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceived veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by our nation."  George Washington  
     
  OPERATIONAL DIRECTIVE - Influence the 2008 National Elections with Issues of Importance to Our Former Military Personnel and Their Families. ---  Primary Objectives; 1. Dramatically Increase Veteran Voter Registration and Voter Turnout. 2. Encourage Veterans to Get Involved in the Political Process and Run for Public Office. 3. Get Mandatory Funding for Veterans' Healthcare on all 2008 National Elections Ballots Nationwide.  
     
 

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OFFE 2008 Proudly
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President Obama just doesn’t care because it’s not about any of his Issues.

Well someone cares,
ACLU Back Veterans
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 Operation Firing For Effect has created a new and innovative way to accept donations.The OFFE Sponsor Card is a new and unique way to show your support for our veterans. It looks like a credit card, and like a credit card each card is embossed with a special registration number.

Find out more about our sponsor program and how you can get your own OFFE Sponsor Card
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OFFE 2008 Supporters Are a tireless breed and calls on our Community Leaders to Stand Tall for our Veterans and commit to joining our Rally in Washington this April.
Click Here to see whose on our list.
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Senator Akaka Speaks Out Against PTSD Moritorium - Click Here
California Battlefront
 Rusty Rustan Puts Mandatory Funding on the Ballot
More - Click Here
 

OFFE 2008
Presents

 

CVO Proves Illinois Wants Veterans Taken Care Of
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Over 1.1 Million Illinois Voters Support
Full Mandatory Funding for VA!

 

 


Read On
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Uncle Sam the Veterans Friend

 OFFE's
Gene Simes
and
Jere Beery

Willie and Charlie
Speak Out For Veterans
Listen Here
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Willie Nelson's
Concert Broadcast
Live to Deployed Troops


 

Last Wednesday night Willie Nelson performed a concert for a sold out packed house at the Norva concert hall in Norfolk Virginia. The concert was simultaneously broadcast live to military units in Iraq and Afghanistan by Stardust Radio via a special internet connection. The special broadcast was sponsored by Operation Firing For Effect and Stardust Radio and was approved by the Department of Defense and the Pentagon.
Mr. Gene Simes, National Chairman of Operation Firing For Effect was invited by Willie to join him on stage to start the concert and to explain the live overseas broadcast.

Read about the concert
and Gene's Interview
with Willie - Click Here

 

Here's Gene and Willie's
Public Service Announcement
Recorded Live
At the Concert

 

 

Check out the photos
of the Concert - Click Here

Read more about Gene and Willie
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Check out Willie's Signed Resolution - Click Here
 

Getting Stronger All the Time
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To See How the States Are Supporting
Mandatory Funding

State of Oregon State of New Mexico City of Chicago State of California State of New York State of Texas Illinois Philidelphia

 
 
 

OFFE
Our Mission
Our Pledge
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Vet Billed $3,000 for War Wounds

(CNN) -- Erik Roberts, an Army sergeant who was wounded in Iraq, underwent his 13th surgery recently to save his right leg from amputation. Imagine his shock when he got a bill for $3,000 for his treatment.
"I just thought it was bull---- that I'm getting billed for being wounded in Iraq doing my job.

"I put my life on the line and I was wounded in combat"

Read the whole story as told by CNN - Click Here

Charlie Daniels Joins Fight for Mandatory Funding

Grammy Award winner Charlie Daniels, 72, is probably best known for his fiddle-drive hard-edge country and southern rock music. Over his career Daniels has worked with the best of the best in the music industry. In January of this year Daniels was inducted into the Opry Hall of Fame. Charlie Daniels has never shied away from politics. "The South's Gonna Do It" had a mild message of Southern cultural identity within the Southern rock movement. Daniels was an early supporter of Jimmy Carter's presidential bid and performed at his January 1977 inauguration. Charlie Daniels has always been a valued supporter of our men and women in uniform.

Now, Charlie Daniels has added his voice to Operation Firing For Effect and the nationwide grassroots movement for full mandatory funding of the Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare system.
Read On for more on Daniel's Support
Click Here On Daniel's Visit with OFFE
               
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for Access to OFFE Media Files

Area 5301and Congressman Massa
Gets Clarification On
Veterans Service Connected Benefits
Check Secretary Shinseki's response to Congressman Massa's request for clarifications on the judicial systems infringement on our veterans benefits
Click Here for Congressman Massa's Inquiry Click Here for Secretary Shinseki's Response

 

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OFFE 2008 with
Willie Nelson
Presents
A Public Service Announcement
What You Need To Know Now !

Just Click to listen to the Public Service Announcement

 
 

 
 
 

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Privacy complaint
filed with VA
Jim King  files a complaint with a Department of Veterans Affairs
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Register and Vote

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Voice For Veterans Services
 
Congressman
Andre Carson of Indiana
Signs OFFE 2008 Mandatory Funding -
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A MESSAGE FROM WILLIE
 American Icon, and grassroots activist, Willie Nelson is asking for all Americans to ‘Stand Up For Our Troops’ in a public service announcement posted on YouTube. Below is a message from Willie concerning the video.

I’m asking everyone across the nation to unite for the common good of our men and women in uniform. We have a new generation of veterans coming home now and we must be prepared to treat their injuries and heal their spirit. We have a moral and ethical obligation to our veterans to provide quality and accessible healthcare. Sadly, we have fallen short of this goal. It’s time for America to stand up for her troops. Together, we can do so much better.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGq7LUDhq7I

Here is what you can do to help! Together, we can make the ‘hit-counter’ on Willie’s YouTube video page spin!

1.     Send Willie’s YouTube video link above to everyone you know.

2.     Encourage everyone to visit the link and leave a comment about Willie’s video.
 
 

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