On Wednesday, July 18^th, the Commission on the Future for America's Veterans will conduct a "virtual" panel discussion on critical issues being considered by the Commission.

Commissioners Ken Kizer, M.D., and Harry Walters were featured panelists on May 4 at a New America Foundation roundtable discussion about the current and future state of VA health care.

Harry N. Walters, Managing Commissioner of the Commission on the Future for America’s Veterans, today announced that the Professional Golf Association (PGA) was pairing up with the Commission in support of today’s and tomorrow’s veterans.

The centerpiece of the Tampa visit was an open, public “town hall” meeting held on Wednesday night in which hundreds of Florida residents (some all the way from Miami) were able to speak directly to the Commission about their experiences with VA today and their hopes for its future.

The Commission on the Future for America’s Veterans is pleased to announce that the first Webcast of it's Town Hall Meeting series, "Conversation on the Future for America’s Veterans," will take place on Wednesday, March 14, 2007, from 7 to 9 p.m. Eastern Time. The Town Hall meeting will originate from Tampa, Florida, where the Commission will be conducting a number of visits and meetings next week.

The Commission on the Future for America's Veterans today announced that they will be expanding the reach of their activities to a worldwide audience by broadcasting their proceedings over the Internet. The first "virtual town hall meeting" will take place on March 14 at 7:00 PM when their live town hall meeting in Tampa, Florida is opened up to web participation.

Following a presentation to the mid-winter meeting of the National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs (NASDVA), Harry N. Walters, former US Veterans’ Administrator and now Managing Commissioner of the independent Commission on the Future for America’s Veterans (www.future4vets.org), said that "State Veterans' Departments are critical to ensuring benefits and services can be provided to veterans in the future."

The Commission on the Future for America’s Veterans had a tremendous start to their national "Conversations" tour in Charleston, West Virginia in January. West Virginia's veterans and political leaders packed the State House Chamber for the Commission's "Town Hall Meeting" to share their views on what veterans deserve and will need decades from now.

The Commission’s “Town Hall Meeting” in Charleston, West Virginia garnered quite a lot of media attention in West Virginia, as well as some national press. Television, radio and newspaper stories before and after the meetings helped spread the word about “Conversations on the Future for America’s Veterans.”

A group looking to improve conditions for American veterans held its first in a national series of town hall-style meetings at the state Capitol on Tuesday, and commissioners found no shortage of suggestions and complaints from a crowd of West Virginia veterans.