IAVA in the News

New York Post: Job Squad

While veterans home from Iraq and Afghanistan have the bad luck to be returning to one of the worst job markets in history, a growing number are being helped by corporate programs. IAVA’s Executive Director and Founder, Paul Rieckhoff, praised the efforts of these programs, and stressed the importance of an educational component for both the employee and the employer.

November 14

Posted by:
Isabel Black

Mashable: How Social Media is Helping Veterans Connect

On Veterans Day, Mashable, one of the top online sources for news in social and digital media and technology, highlighted IAVA's Community of Veterans as one of the ways social media is helping veterans connect to one and other.

November 13

Posted by:
Isabel Black

Huffington Post: HuffPost's Greatest Person of the Day: Paul Rieckhoff, Iraq Vet and Founder of IAVA

Every day, the Huffington Post highlights one 'Greatest Person'- an exceptional individual who is confronting the country's economic and political crises with creativity, generosity and passion. On Veterans Day, IAVA Executive Director and Founder Paul Rieckhoff was featured as the 'Greatest Person.'

November 12

Posted by:
Isabel Black

AZ Central: Thousands cheer Veterans Day parade in Phoenix

Local IAVA Member Veterans marched along with thousands of other veterans in the Phoenix Veterans Day parade. There were nearly 200,000 spectators at one of the largest parades in the country.

November 11

Posted by:
Isabel Black

San Diego Union Tribune: San Diego honors its veterans with downtown parade

Over 50 IAVA Member Veterans marched in the San Diego Veterans Day parade. A San Diego Union Tribune blogger documented the parade, and IAVA's Members' huge presence.

November 7

Posted by:
Isabel Black

The Seattle Times: Veterans Day parade in Auburn stirs pride for soldier mom

A vet who marched with IAVA in the Auburn, Washington Veterans Day parade, reflected on coming home to her son, and the sense of community that Veterans Day brings.

October 21

Posted by:
Isabel Black

Newsday: Veterans' group ratings on Ackerman, McCarthy slip

A Washington, D.C.-based organization that advocates for Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans has downgraded the ratings of two of Long Island's five members of Congress. Reps. Gary Ackerman and Carolyn McCarthy saw their ratings in the 2010 Congressional Report Card, issued by Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, slip from two years ago. Ackerman (D-Roslyn Heights) got a B rating, down from an A-minus, and McCarthy (D-Mineola), who last time got an A-plus, drew a C.

October 20

Posted by:
Michelle McCarthy

Houston Chronicle: Veterans groups grades Congress on votes for vets

On October 19th, The Houston Chronicle's Armed Sources blog reported on IAVA Action Fund's 2010 Congressional Report Card noting a "very short honor roll this year" of elected officials in Texas who supported veterans' issues. The Chronicle noted Republican Senators John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison both received D grades, down from solid B's last year. In the House of Representatives, the only Texan to earn an A+ was Democrat Al Green, of the 9th District.

October 20

Posted by:
Michelle McCarthy

The Hill: Veterans group gives Congress low marks

On October 19th, IAVA Action Fund Executive Director and Founder Paul Rieckhoff spoke to The Hill about IAVA Action Fund's 2010 Congressional Report Card. IAVA Action Fund’s report card is based on lawmakers’ votes and sponsorship of bills in support of the organization’s legislative priorities, which include disability reform, predictable veterans’ affairs budgets and veterans’ employment and education, as well as eliminating veterans’ homelessness, improving healthcare for female veterans and easing the benefit claims process.

October 20

Posted by:
Michelle McCarthy

POLITICO Morning Defense: Vets Rate Congress

On October 19th, POLITICO Morning Defense cited IAVA Action Fund's 2010 Congressional Report Card as a resource for finding out who in Washington supported veterans during the 111th Congress.