JEANNE SHAHEEN FOR SENATE ROLLS OUT VETERANS FOR SHAHEEN

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 24, 2008
 
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Kate Bedingfield
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JEANNE SHAHEEN FOR SENATE ROLLS OUT VETERANS FOR SHAHEEN

(Manchester, NH) – Today, former Governor and current candidate for US Senate Jeanne Shaheen held a press conference in Manchester with veterans to unveil Veterans for Shaheen, a group of veterans supporting Jeanne Shaheen's campaign for the Senate because of her long record of standing up for New Hampshire's veterans.
 
"I am honored to have the support of so many great servicemen and women who have joined our campaign as members of Veterans for Shaheen," Shaheen said.  "As the daughter, wife, and mother-in-law of members of America's armed forces, I understand the honor of your service and the sacrifices you have all made for our country.
 
"The brave men and women of our armed forces put their lives at risk for each and every one of us in this country and they deserve nothing less than our full admiration, respect and support.  As Senator, I promise to use my voice to uphold the promises our country has made to the millions of men and women who have served our country so honorably.
 
"It is a fundamental American value that we stand by our soldiers who risk and sacrifice so much for us. I want to thank all the men and women who have chosen to stand with me during my campaign as part of Veterans for Shaheen."
 
Veterans for Shaheen, which will continue to grow as the campaign progresses, will be an active part of Shaheen's campaign, reaching out to other veterans across the state and helping spread Shaheen's message of change and a new direction. Veterans who are interested in joining the campaign are invited to visit www.JeanneShaheen.org/veterans.

"Jeanne Shaheen's record of accomplishment on the issue of supporting our veterans is unblemished, whether it was the time she fought to expand the Veterans Home in Tilton or giving veterans preference in job training programs," said retired Brig. Gen. Jim Smith, USAF. "She has always been there for veterans. Jeanne Shaheen will go to Washington and be a powerful voice for New Hampshire's families and New Hampshire's veterans."

At the press conference, Shaheen renewed her call for a full-service VA facility in New Hampshire—the only state in the United States without one, expanding mental health and disability compensation funding, and expanding higher education opportunities for wounded veterans.
 
In May, Shaheen called on the Senate to honor the service of the men and women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan by passing the 21st Century G.I. Bill.
 
The members of Veterans for Shaheen are:
 
  Paul Martel, Concord  
  Terry Shumaker, Bow  
  Ned Helms, Concord  
  Russell Boynton, Gilmanton  
  Raymond Gerard, Meredith  
  Pat Clark, Tilton  
  Ryan Bellabona, Madbury  
  Michael Blastos, Keene  
  Randy Filiaut, Keene  
  Joel Saren, East Hampstead  
  Ryan Gray, Goffstown  
  Chuck Rossier, Merrimack  
  Eleanor Kjellman, Henniker  
  Elias Abelson, Portsmouth  
  Bill Duncan, New Castle  
  Tim Siekmann, Londonderry  
  Stan Solomon, Albany  
  Gene Cook, Warner  
  Phil Stockwell, Warner  
  Marilyn Broderick, Bedford  
  Richard Walsh, Bedford  
  Frederick Rose, Candia  
  Dennis Beer, Auburn  
  Walter Ingaharro, Candia  
  David Ostrander, Candia  
  Dennis Kounas, Candia  
  William Cavanaugh, Auburn  
  Norman Bouley, Auburn  
  James Stapleton, New Boston  
  Joe Moquin, Manchester  
  Terence O'Rourke, Portsmouth  
  Kate Cauble, Effingham  
  Mike Cauble, Effingham  
  Thomas Padden, Manchester  
  Francis Bartula, Manchester  
  Robert Dennis, Manchester  
  Vincent Wenners, Manchester  
  Nicholas Kacavas, Manchester  
  Tom Hopkins, Manchester  
  Edgar Paquin, Hooksett  
  Frank Reidy, Manchester  
  Christos Argeropoulos, Manchester  
  Robert Healy, Bedford  
  George Guimond, Manchester  
  Richard French, Manchester  
  Thomas O'Neill, Manchester  
  Roger Boisvert, Manchester  
  Thomas Lambert, Manchester  
  Patrick Duffy, Manchester  
  Alfred Ranger, Manchester  
  Philip Chaplain, Bedford  
  Menalaos Lianos, Manchester  
  Edgar Faucher, Manchester  
  Richard Kelley, Manchester  
  Gerard Reilly, Manchester  
  Roger Bleau, Manchester  
  Melvin Fogle, Manchester  
  Jon Elliot, Manchester  
  Gerard Lemay, Manchester  
  Robert Legasse, Manchester  
  David Rennie, Manchester  
  John Durkin, Manchester  
  Daniel TwoEagles, Wilton  
  Mike Atkins, Lyndeborough  
  Joe Bellabona, Lee  
  Joseph Bennett, Manchester  
  Nelson Farr, Manchester  
  Romeo Dubreuil, Manchester  
  Nick Bonardi, Hooksett  
  Lance Williamson, Manchester  
  Ron Boisvert, Manchester  
  Robert Murphy, Bedford  
  Lou D'Allesandro, Manchester  
  Walter Joyce, Bedford  
  Charles R. Denton, Manchester  
  Mike Lopez, Manchester  
  Virginia Tew, Manchester  
  Richard Querze, Manchester  
  Jim Alty, Dover  
  Michael Bannan, Bristol  
  Bob Hannan, Dover  
  Dan Shaheen, Dover  
  Ken Latchaw, Dover  
  Will Boc, Dover  
  Steve Shurtleff, Concord  
  Jim Hague, Stratham  
  Paul Hooper, Bow  
  Jim Smith, Salem  
  Jerry Slagle, Alton  
  Arthur Grueter, Concord  
  John Cesana, Hudson  
  Mike Vaillancourt, Nashua  
  Josh Denton, Portsmouth  
  Barry Carr, Rochester  
  Jim Reinhardt, Epping