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2013   
02/18/2013
Exchange and Commissary News - Shining a Light on Military Families' Economic Lifeline - An Interview with Candace Wheeler, Coalition VP of Strategic Marketing and Communications.
   
02/01/2013  Coalition Battles Budget Threats to Commissary Services - RetailingToday.com 
   
01/03/2013
A Stronger Case for Protecting On-Base Shopping by Tom Philpott, Military.com 
   
2012   
12/13/2012  Commissary Customers Pocket More Savings, Value
   
12/06/2012  Commissary Recycling Nets $5.3 Million for Surcharge
 
08/02/2012 MultiView’s Military Veterans Aid Veteran Associations
   
08/02/2012 Hawaii Radio Station KHVH 830 Interviews Patrick Nixon, President of ALA
   
07/26/2012 Military Officers Association of America Joins Coalition
   
07/16/2012  National Industries For The Blind (NIB) Joins Coalition
   
07/09/2012  Fleet Reserve Association (FRA) Joins Forces with SaveOurBenefit
   
07/07/2012  Military.com Reports on SaveOurBenefit's Mission to Fight For Military Shopping Benefits
   
07/02/2012 National Military Family Association (NMFA) Joins Forces with SaveOurBenefit
   
06/13/2012  Hawaii Reporter - Affiliate SaveOurBenefit Hawaii Discusses Commissaries and Exchanges as a Vital Part of Life in Hawaii
   
06/07/2012  American Logistics Association, Patrick Nixon, President of ALA, makes statement before congress on criticality of maintaining resale benefits | Statement | Press Release
   
04/27/2012 Armed Services Committee - Military Pay Increase Proposal
   
04/12/2012 DECA - Commissaries Announce Coupon Policy Changes
   
04/11/2012 Army Times - New Education Benefits Calculator Now Online
   
03/15/2012 Clarksville and Fort Campbell - Save Our Benefit Coalition Launches "$6,500 Savings" Contest to Military Families
   
03/15/2012 The New York Times - The Other One Percent - Another Military Tragedy, Reminder We Are Failing Our Soldiers
   
03/07/2012 Military Press Publications - Group Advocates to Save Commissaries and Exchanges
   
2/25/2012 Statesman.com - 500% Increase. Fort Hood Soldier with kids increased use of food stamps from $285,000 to more than $1.4 million
   
01/26/2012 Huffington Post - Pentagon Leaders outline plan to cut defense budget by $487 Billion
   
01/26/2012  The New York Times - Defense Budget Cuts Would Limit Raises and Close Bases
   
01/14/2012 American Forces Information Services - Navy Study into consolidating military exchanges will be the last, said Navy's Director of Force Support and Family Programs
   
11/28/2011 Senator Coburn Amendment No. 1370 to Defund and Consolidate Commissaries and Exchanges
   
2011  
11/16/2011  Defense Secretary Panetta Goes to Bat for Military Resale
   
11/15/2011 Food Stamp Use at Military Commissaries Up Sharply in Four Years
   
11/11/2011 Family Programs at Great Risk for Cuts
   
10/06/2011 Stars and Stripes - Commissary Director Says Discounts are Worth Double the Value of Tax Dollars Spent
   
08/30/2011 Plan to Combine Exchanges and Commissaries Would Raise Prices
   
08/25/2011 Protecting Commissaries from Budget Cuts
   
08/15/2011 Washington Times - Rep Wilson and Rep Davis State Commissaries and Exchanges Ease Hardship of Wearing Uniform
   
07/06/2011 Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Bill a "Sneak Attack" on Commissaries
   
06/30/2011 Tradeoff will Anger Base Shoppers
   
06/30/2011 Senate Committee Votes to Gut Commissary Program




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