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Honoring our veterans
Nov 11 2009
Senator Warner sent the following message to veterans and families in honor of Veterans Day:
Promising news on the D-Day Memorial
Aug 06 2009
Senator Warner received a letter from U.S. Secretary of the Department of Interior Ken Salazer today informing us that he will dispatch a National Park Service team to the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford to make a preliminary assessment of whether the site might be eligible for inclusion in the National Park Service system.
Step toward saving the D-Day Memorial
Jul 24 2009
Earlier this year, the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford announced that it did not have enough money to sustain operations through the end of the year. Since then, Virginia's congressional delegation, led by Senator Warner, has made several attempts to help keep the memorial open.
Protecting the National D-Day Memorial
Jun 09 2009
Senator Warner introduced legislation yesterday that would authorize the U.S. Secretary of the Interior to study whether the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia, can be added to the U.S. National Park System.
Honoring all those who serve
Jun 03 2009
Hundreds of military veterans and active-duty personnel fromthe Washington and Northern Virginia gathered last night for a special Capitol Hill screening of a new documentary about the story of one Virginia community's sacrifice and loss in the 1944 D-Day invasion.
Bedford film’s D.C. screening draws hundreds
Jun 03 2009
WASHINGTON — A busload of Bedford residents was swallowed up in a crowd of military people and politicians who came out Tuesday evening to see a movie about the town that sent a group of D-Day heroes off to war.
A trip to Iraq, Pakistan, & Afghanistan
May 27 2009
Senator Warner is on the way back to the United States after spending the week in Iraq, Pakistan, and Afghanistan after spending time with Virginia-based troops and receiving briefings top military commanders and diplomats on our on-going engagement in the troubled region.
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., traveled to Iraq and Pakistan over the Memorial Day weekend, meeting with top government officials and the U.S. ambassadors to both nations, a spokesman said Monday.
Briefings in Baghdad
May 25 2009
Senator Warner is visiting U.S. troops in Iraq on this Memorial Day weekend, meeting with military men and women from Virginia and receiving updates from top-ranking U.S. and Iraqi officials. He sent in this report from Baghdad:
A documentary portraying Bedford’s role in the largest air, land and sea operation in military history is making its way to the big screen at the nation’s capital.
