PRESS
RELEASE
from
the
Romney
for
President (Virginia)
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
November 2, 2012
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CONTACT: Curt Cashour
Michael Short
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ROMNEY
CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCES VIRGINIA MILITARY FAMILIES FOR ROMNEY
ARLINGTON, VA
– Today,
our campaign announced Virginia Military Families for Romney. President
Obama does not have a record to run on and people across Virginia are
disappointed that he has failed to put forward a new plan for the
future. Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are offering exactly what our nation
needs – real reforms for a real recovery.
“This
election is a choice between two very different visions for our
nation’s future – and neither our military veterans nor our service
members and their families can afford four more years of Obama
policies. President Obama has proposed significant military funding
cuts and has been AWOL on any leadership effort to prevent over a
trillion dollars in funding reductions to our military. This lack of
leadership could result in nearly 136,000 job losses in Virginia.
His
proposed 2013 budget cut $12 billion to military health care and
proposed increased cost burdens to our veterans and their families in
addition to requesting that Congress approve two new rounds of base
closure and realignment. On day one as president, Mitt Romney
will
reverse President Obama’s defense cuts, putting Veterans, and the
country, back to work. He will enact positive reforms that target
inefficiency at the VA, and he will reform the tax code, reduce
cumbersome regulations on businesses, and reduce the deficit – freeing
up companies to hire new employees. Mitt Romney has the leadership
America needs for a real recovery, and that is why I am honored to
serve on the advisory board of Virginia Military Families for Romney.”
--The Honorable Terrie L. Suit, Navy wife and former State Delegate
representing Virginia Beach and Chesapeake.
The
following are members of the Virginia Military Families for Romney
Leadership Team and are helping to organize volunteers and turn out
supporters across the state:
State
Advisory Board Members
Elizabeth Blackney – Veteran and Gold Star Wife, Contributing Author
and Columnist
Marlena Bremseth - Board Member, Virginia Council of the Interstate
Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
Lisa Marie Cheney – Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense –
Legislative Outreach
Thelma Drake – Mother and Daughter of Active Duty Military Personnel,
Former Congresswoman
Marie Early
Tom Early – Retired Marine Colonel
Laura Z. Ferguson - Military Spouse; Attorney; Owner, Back Bay Gourmet
Sali Gear – Former Virginia Beach Military Relations Liaison, Retired
Naval Aviator
Kathy Hayden-Terry – Virginia Republican National Committeewoman
Doug Huston – Area Manager, Prospect Mortgage
Bre Kingsbury – Military Liaison for Congressman Scott Rigell, Wife of
Naval Officer
Marty Lester
Tania Lester
Mike McAllister – Virginia Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs and
Homeland Security
Tracy Mollo
Nathan Olansen – Attorney, Rack & Olansen
Steve Romine – Attorney, LeClair Law Firm
Tom Rust –Virginia State Delegate
Katherine Schoonover – Legislative Aide – House of Delegates
Sal Iaquinto, Daughter of Two Retired Navy Captains
Winsome Sears – Former State Delegate and Former USMC
Joanne Steen – CEO, Grief Solutions; Former Chair, Auxiliary Advisory
Committee, Military Offices Association of America
Mark Stets – Gold Star Father
Francis Stevens –Virginia Capitol Police Officer
Chris Stolle – Virginia State Delegate
Terrie Suit – Virginia Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Homeland
Security
Ross Vierra – CEO, Axis Road Marketing Inc.
Job titles are for identification
purposes only and do not imply endorsements by any organization, firm
or other affiliation.
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