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Bachmann uses misleading claims to tout her foreign policy vision during speech to legionnaires

By | 09.01.11 | 2:31 pm | More from The Minnesota Independent

GOP presidential candidate and U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann shared her vision of an aggressive foreign policy, which she said would return the nation to its proper role as leader of the free world, at the annual convention of the American Legion in Minneapolis Thursday.

Andrew Connolly Veterans’ Housing Act gets nod from U.S. House subcommittee

By | 05.05.11 | 4:53 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

Members of the Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Development gave their unanimous seal of approval Thursday to a five-year extension of a program to help injured and disabled veterans retrofit their homes. U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley, author of the bill, said much of the credit goes to a Dubuque veteran More…

Bonner Says They Only Authored 13 Fake Letters to Congress

By | 09.11.09 | 2:44 pm

Bonner & Associates says that while they may be responsible for the 13 other forged letters to Congress, they’re not to blame for fake letter No. 14 that was revealed yesterday. The letter claims to be from a Virginia American Legion post, to Rep. Tom Perriello (D-Va.), but was More…

The American Legion Sticks Up for Right-Wing Extremism

By | 04.14.09 | 1:34 pm

Most of the criticism of the Department of Homeland Security’s guide to right-wing extremism has been along the lines of Pamela Gellar’s panic about “the fascist blueprint to create a police state and legalize gulags.” But the American Legion is jumping in to give a patina of respectability to More…