WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. Congressmen Dan Boren along with representatives of Senator Jim Inhofe’s office, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Oklahoma Department of Veteran’s Affairs, AES Shady Point, and the Fort Gibson National Cemetery will host a Veterans Advisory meeting at the Bob Lee Kidd Civic Center in Poteau on Thursday, May 29th from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for veterans of LeFlore, Latimer, Haskell, and surrounding counties.
“I look forward to meeting with the veterans of LeFlore, Latimer, Haskell, and surrounding counties,” Boren said. “I would like to thank all our partnering agencies for helping us host such an important and successful event. It is an honor to visit Poteau, and build upon the success of past veteran’s advisory meetings.”
The Veterans Advisory meetings were launched to bring administrative personnel and case workers together in one location to provide veterans with new benefit information and assist them with current individual case issues.
“When you spend time with these brave Americans, who sacrificed so much for this country, you immediately see how they could courageously lead our nation through some of its toughest times during WWII, the Korean War, Vietnam, and the wars in the Middle East” Boren said.
Three previous veterans’ advisory meetings have been held across the Second District, and this is the second one to be hosted in Poteau. Last September’s Poteau meeting drew 97 veterans seeking assistance and information.
Staff from the Veterans Administration Services and Medical Center Regional Office from Muskogee and Tulsa will be in attendance from 10 a.m. to noon to meet and discuss veterans’ individual needs privately. Information packets will also be provided to those attending. During a free luncheon, sponsored by AES Shady Point, veterans will receive an update from Congressman Boren on current veterans’ legislation.
“Senator Jim Inhofe and Congressman Dan Boren’s staff have been great to help support and coordinate the past three meetings and answer questions as well as asking case workers to be available to assist veterans,” said Lundy Kiger of AES who helping plan the meeting.
In addition to Congressman Boren, speakers for the event will include: Ron Massey, Field Representative and Case Worker for Senator Inhofe, Rudy Kloper, the Associate Director of the VAMC, Phillip Driskell, the Director of Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs, Timothy Spain, Director of the Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Roy Griffith of the Talihina VA Center, and Sam Jarvis, Director of the VA Regional Office.
For more information please contact: Robert Carter at 918-962-3395, Ron Massey with Senator Inhofe’s office at 918-916-1478, Betty Ford with Congressman Boren’s office at 918-351-4874, or Lundy Kiger with AES Shady Point at 918-649-3142.
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