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MAF News and Press Releases PageListed on this page are news articles talking about the activities of Move America Forward, as well as copies of organizational press releases. This page is updated constantly with new information, so remember to visit regularly. You can also click on an individual article's byline to see the story in its original publication.Note: Some news organizations do not maintain their archives for very long, so links to older articles may not always be available.
Monday, August 3rd, 2009
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Group Toured Gitmo, Seeks to Keep Camps Open SACRAMENTO – Move America Forward (MAF, www.MoveAmericaForward.org), the nation’s largest grassroots pro-troop organization, is disturbed about reports from multiple news sources yesterday, that Obama Administration officials have admitted they are working on plans and reviewing possible locations for relocating terrorist detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to an existing facility in the U.S. Move America Forward takes issue with the fact that the Obama administration is now proposing to spend tax payer’s money to upgrade and secure a new site in the U.S. to house the detainees all in an effort to mirror the existing facility. Plain and simple, Gitmo serves it’s purpose and works and there is no need to set up a similar facility in the U.S. for the purpose of putting politics over the safety of our country. In 2006, the group traveled to Guantanamo Bay to visit the base. MAF reported back that Guantanamo Bay was the only appropriate facility to house and prosecute detainees, and that they found no signs of mistreatment. Detainees were in fact treated with as much or more respect than they deserved. Shawn Callahan, Executive Director of MAF, said “We absolutely oppose any plan to house Gitmo detainees anywhere in the United States and furthermore contend that any move to do so would put American lives in jeopardy. It is clear that President Obama is more concerned with appeasing the liberal wing of his party and, based on polls, is out of step with the majority American’s.” Move America Forward has been at the center of the Gitmo debate, held press conferences with Sen. Inhofe, appeared on National TV and produced advertisements for television to debate the issue. Callahan said that, “Bringing the detainees to U.S. soil might award them rights under U.S. courts that the detainees do not deserve. Upgrading U.S. prisons with higher security and courtrooms in-house makes no sense when Guantanamo Bay already has those facilities. And even more dangerous is the possibility that once in the U.S. prison system, that the terrorists could spread their radical views to other inmates or that the facilities could become a target for further terrorist attacks.” For more information, or to schedule an interview with a Shawn Callahan or MAF Staffers who visited Guantanamo Bay in 2008, contact Danny Gonzalez at (714) 926-6189 or Danny@MoveAmericaForward.org Click here to read full story
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
From the American Chronicle May 19th, 2009 “Senator Inhofe then introduced legislation (S.370) to prevent the detainees at Guantanamo from being relocated anywhere on American soil. He also joined Move America Forward, the nation´s largest grassroots organization committed to supporting America´s efforts to defeat terrorism and to supporting the brave men and women of our Armed Forces, in calling on Pres. Obama to reverse his decision to close GITMO.” Click here to read full story
Friday, May 8th, 2009
During her first few weeks on the job, the Secretary of America’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS), former Arizona governor Janet Napolitano, has shown herself to be unqualified for her new post in a number of significant ways. MAF is mentioned in this article Click here to read full story
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
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May05, 2009
PRO-TROOP GROUP APPLAUDS DECISION TO STRIP GITMO CLOSURE FROM WAR FUNDING WARNS THAT VICTORY COULD BE TEMPORARY; CALLS ON COMMUNITIES TO SPEAK OUT Move America Forward (MAF), the nation’s largest grassroots pro-troop organization, applauded the decision of Democratic leaders to strip funding from an appropriations bill that would have provided the $81 million that Obama requested to begin closure of Guantanamo Bay prison camp. Click here to read full story
Monday, April 27th, 2009
A non-profit organization devoted to national security is demanding the resignation of the Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, or that President Obama fire her immediately. The Internet-based Move America Forward is using their web site, email, and social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter to push for the removal of Secretary Napolitano. Click here to read full story
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
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APRIL 23,2009
TROOP SUPPORTERS CALL ON OBAMA TO FIRE NAPOLITANO FOR ATTACKING TROOPS GROUP HAS A PETITION AIMED AT SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY OVER ‘RIGHT WING EXTREMISTS’ REPORT
Move America Forward (www.MoveAmericaForward.org) , the nation’s largest grassroots pro-troop organization, has called on President Barack Obama to fire Department of Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano for releasing a report attacking returning Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.
“Your choice for Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, has attacked returning military heroes by suggesting that they are a terrorist threat to the United States…we demand you fire Janet Napolitano,” reads the petition. This new effort to replace the Secretary of Homeland Security comes after Napolitano allowed a DHS threat “assessment,” entitled “Right Wing Extremism” to be sent out to about 800,000 law enforcement officers in various law enforcement agencies. The pro-troop group reports that they received several thousand signatures to the online petition in the first few hours after going live. “This smear of our war veterans who have served so professionally, bravely, and honorably in Iraq and Afghanistan is outrageous and unacceptable. Janet Napolitano’s half-hearted apology doesn’t help reverse the damage done by her libel of our troops. Obama should fire here immediately and publicly denounce her mischaracterization of our heroic veterans,” said Move America Forward’s Executive Director Catherine Moy. The petition goes on to criticize the Secretary for her use of the word “terrorist:” “Mr. President when you first hired Janet Napolitano to run the department that protects all of our lives here in the homeland, she REFUSED to mention terrorism in her very first speech as Secretary of DHS. She then even had the gall to refer to terrorist attacks as MAN-CAUSED DISASTERS. But, she has no hesitancy in suggesting that returning American troops could become “terrorists.” Moy went on to say, “The United States cannot stand for outrageous attacks against our troops from Barack Obama’s cabinet. As citizens, we must stand against those who demean and libel our troops. We at Move America Forward are calling for President Obama to fire Janet Napolitano. Someone who attacks our troops has no place leading the Department of Homeland Security. “She clearly does not understand that the real threat comes from radical Islamic terrorism, not our own troops. We urge President Obama to fire Janet Napolitano immediately!” # # # Click here to read full story
Sunday, May 25th, 2008
NEWS TEASE!
Highlights below, more details to follow in coming days ** May 26, 2008— A team of patriotic leaders are working together in a historic undertaking with the goal of sending the largest single shipment of care packages to U.S. troops in American history. The care package drive will result in the shipment of not just 1,000 care packages—a feat accomplished by the Grand Ole Opry in October 2007 (Source Link). Organizers similarly won’t settle for just the 10,000 packages shipped as part of an impressive effort undertaken by the Nevada Girl Scouts (Source Link). And they plan to surpass the efforts of the terrific organization, Operation Gratitude, which undertook a multi-day effort to pack and ship 50,000 care packages last year (Source Link).
 Move America Forward, the nation’s largest pro-troop organization, has launched this historic drive to rally Americans to show our troops in Iraq & Afghanistan just how much support they have from the American people back home.
Americans can sponsor the care packages from Move America Forward’s by ordering via this link from MAF’s online webstore partner: TheCampaignStore.com The Jelly Belly candy company (maker of President Ronald Reagan’s favorite candy) has donated 100,000 bags of their gourmet jelly beans that will be included in the care packages to assist in the effort. While the jelly beans shipped in the past were warmly received by the troops, military members say their real value comes in being able to hand out the candy to the children of the war-torn nations in which they are serving. These 100,000 bags of gourmet jelly beans are now being used to launch a Candy Diplomacy program as gifts to Iraqi and Afghani children. Each bag is printed with the following message (in both English & Arabic): A gift from the American people in hope that your country will one day enjoy the freedom and opportunities that we have in the United States.
   
Note: You can sponsor packages to help this drive, and ask others to join this effort by visiting our care package drive sponsorship page:
Additional information will be continuously posted in the days to come at the Move America Forward website: www.MoveAmericaForward.org Click here to read full story
Thursday, April 17th, 2008
From the May 2008 issue of Newsmax magazine:
Thursday, March 27th, 2008
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Pro-Troop Group Demands of US Attorney: Investigate Anti-American Activities in Berkeley” City Accused of Encouraging Interference with Federal Officers SAN FRANCISCO---A law firm representing a pro-troop organization has sent a letter to the U.S. Attorney in San Francisco asking the federal government to investigate whether the Berkeley City Councils official anti-Marine position and encouragement of anti-war groups to impede the work of Marine recruiters constitutes a breach of law. If the City Council violated the law, the letter asks the U.S. Attorney to prosecute the perpetrators. The letter was drafted by the attorney for pro-troop organization Move America Forward (website: www.MoveAmericaForward.org), which is the nations largest pro-troop grassroots nonprofit. The correspondence also voices concerns that the Berkeley Police were unresponsive and negligent to public safety during a protest the group organized in Berkeley on Feb. 12, 2007. The original copy has already been mailed and an additional copy will be hand-delivered Monday morning with a press conference immediately following. Click here to read full story
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
Feb. 2, 2008
BERKELEY Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates, convicted of stealing 1,000 free newspapers from the Daily Californian newsstands in 2002, is at it again. The Mayor is attempting to steal the free speech rights of the United States Marine Corps by harassing the recruiting center into abandoning its lease. Move America Forward has launched a petition drive denouncing the Mayor and the Council, while demanding an apology to the USMC at its website www.moveamericaforward.com The response was so overwhelming it crashed the site within minutes after launching, fueled by intense coverage from bloggers, talk radio, Internet, television reports and pro-troops organizations like the American Legion and Vets for Freedom. Move America Forward plans to deliver the protest petitions at the Berkeley City Council’s next regularly scheduled meeting on February 12th. We are looking at all options to stop Berkeley from issuing gifts of public funds, such as free parking spaces, and violating the Constitution, said Catherine Moy, Executive Director of Move America Forward. We have contacted all branches of our government to redress these issues, and will explore all legal, legislative and executive avenues to stop the injustice perpetrated by the Berkeley City Council. A national backlash erupted last week over Berkeleys attack on Marines. Mayor Tom Bates was forced to reconsider resolutions telling Americas heroes they are intruders. Bates has taken a further steps to shutter the doors of the Marines recruiting station. Bates told the Contra Costa Times that he would broker a deal to release the Marines from their building lease. But the Marines said they will stay. Mayor Bates, in his arrogance, has crossed the line by trying to steal the Marines First Amendment Rights, and we will not stand for this treasonous behavior. His stunning offer to “broker a deal” to release the Marine’s from its building lease shows the depth of his contempt for our military men and women, said Melanie Morgan, chairman of Move America Forward. Our group will stand with the Marines until their attackers stop. The Berkeley council on Tuesday passed two resolutions condemning the Marines as part of a campaign by anti-war activists to shut down the recruiting center. The council also gave Code Pink, a leftist group that daily harasses the Marines with hate speech, a free parking place and noise permit. Move America Forward (Move America Forward), initiated a campaign for people to call and email the rogue City Council. Thousands of e-mails, calls and letters of denunciation have poured into the offices of Bates and other council members who support the efforts to drive the USMC out of town. Move America Forward applauds the proposed legislation by U.S. Senator Jim DeMint to strip Berkeley of all pork barrel spending, amounting to $2.1 million dollars. A companion bill in Congress is now being prepared to do the same.
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