The Veterans’ Alliance for Security and Democracy (VETPAC) is a multi-candidate political action committee

Political action committee

In the United States, a political action committee, or PAC, is the name commonly given to a private group, regardless of size, organized to elect political candidates or to advance the outcome of a political issue or legislation. Legally, what constitutes a "PAC" for purposes of regulation is a...

 in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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VETPAC endorses, actively supports and helps fund candidates for national office who they feel share their principles of security and democracy. These candidates are often (but not always) Veterans and Fighting Dems

Fighting Dems

The Fighting Dems is a nickname given to more than 60 military veterans who ran for Congress as Democrats in the United States' 2006 congressional elections. Five of these candidates were elected to the House of Representatives and one was elected to the Senate...

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In March 2006, the group endorsed Mike Thompson

Mike Thompson

Michael C. Thompson , is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes Napa, Lake, Mendocino, Humboldt and Del Norte Counties as well as parts of Yolo and Sonoma Counties....

's plan for redeployment in Iraq.http://press.arrivenet.com/politics/article.php/763914.html Dubbed the "Change the Course" policy emphasized a massive increase in training of Iraqi forces using Allied training capability outside Iraq.

In August 2006, the VETPAC joined Max Cleland

Max Cleland

Joseph Maxwell Cleland is an American politician from Georgia. Cleland, a Democrat, is a disabled US Army veteran of the Vietnam War, a recipient of the Silver Star and the Bronze Star for valorous action in combat, and a former U.S. Senator...

 to speak out against the "swiftboating

Swiftboating

The word swiftboating is an American neologism used pejoratively to describe an unfair or untrue political attack. The term emanates from the Swift Vets and POWs for Truth and its widely publicized, then discredited, campaign against 2004 US Presidential candidate John Kerry.Since the political...

" of John Murtha

John Murtha

John Patrick "Jack" Murtha, Jr. was an American politician from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Murtha, a Democrat, represented Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1974 until his death in 2010....

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Candidates VETPAC endorses

• Ted Ankrum
• Mishonda Baldwin
• Lee Ballenger
• Nancy Boyda
  Nancy Boyda
  Nancy Boyda is a former Democratic congresswoman representing .On November 4, 2008, Boyda was defeated for re-election by Kansas State Treasurer Lynn Jenkins, after serving one term....
  
  
• Duane Burghard
  Duane Burghard
  Duane Burghard is an American businessman, veteran and politician. Born in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois on July 5th, 1965, Burghard spent the first 11 years of his life in the nearby town of Glenview, Illinois. He was the oldest of three children...
  
  
• Chris Carney
  Chris Carney
  Christopher P. "Chris" Carney is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2007 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party and was a prominent member of the conservative Blue Dog Coalition....
  
  
• John Courage
• Justin Coussoule
• Dan Dodd
  Dan Dodd
  Dan Dodd is a former Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives who represented the 91st District from 2007 to 2010. A lawyer by trade, Dodd practiced with Robert J. Dodd, Jr. Co. LPA in New Lexington, Ohio...
  
  
• Andrew Duck
• Bill Durston
• Jay Fawcett
• David Harris
  David Harris
  David Harris may refer to:In politics and government:* David B. Harris, former Canadian Security Intelligence Service planner and terrorism consultant* David Harris , the Executive Director of the American Jewish Committee...
  
  
• Larry Kissell
  Larry Kissell
  Lawrence Webb "Larry" Kissell is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2009. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district stretches from Charlotte to Fayetteville.-Early life, education, and early career:...
  
  
• John Laesch
• Patricia Madrid
• Eric Massa
  Eric Massa
  -March to the Primaries:Freshman incumbent Randy Kuhl had been elected to Congress with slightly over 50% of the popular vote in a three way race in 2004. In early 2005, former U.S. Naval officer Eric J.J. Massa, a long-time friend of 2004 presidential candidate General Wesley Clark filed to run...
  
  
• Nancy Nusbaum
• Rick Penberthy
• Barbara Ann Radnofsky
  Barbara Ann Radnofsky
  Barbara Ann Radnofsky is a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Texas. She is the first woman to have won the Democratic nomination for a U.S. Senate seat in Texas.-Early life and career:...
  
  
• Gene Scharer
• Rich Sexton
• Carl Sheeler
  Carl Sheeler
  Carl Sheeler is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, business owner, and former Democratic U.S. Senate candidate in Rhode Island.-Education and career:...
  
  
• Al Weed
  Al Weed
  Albert Charles Weed II is a Virginia winemaker, businessman, and Democrat. Weed was the Democratic nominee for election to Virginia's Fifth Congressional District seat, in both 2004 and 2006, running against Republican incumbent Virgil Goode. In 2004, Weed lost 64% to 36%; Goode once again defeated...