Washington, D.C. – July 2, 2009 – Brian Wise, Executive Director of Military Families United, a national military family and national security advocacy organization, released the following statement regarding Thursday morning’s operation in Afghanistan led by U.S. Marines in the volatile Taliban-infested Helmand River Valley.

Washington, DC – Military Families United, a national military family and national security advocacy organization, released the following statement today concerning American troops’ pulling back from Iraq's urban centers by tomorrow, June 30. This adjustment is required by the November, 2008 SOFA between Baghdad and Washington and is the first step toward additional troop withdrawals from Iraq by the end of 2011.

Washington, DC –Military Families United, the nation’s premier military family advocacy organization, released the following statement regarding the news that North Korea intends to fire its most advanced ballistic missile in close proximity of Hawaii. Military Families United recently released a policy briefing outlining the status and importance of America’s missile defense programs and MFU’s policy recommendations for the future of missile defense.

Washington, DC – Kirk S. Lippold, former USS Cole Commander and Senior Military Fellow at Military Families United, released the following statement following his meeting with members of the Guantanamo Review Task Force with the Department of Justice. Also in attendance at the meeting were representatives from Office of Military Commissions and families of the USS Cole, US Embassy, Bali, and 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Washington, DC - June 17, 2009 – Brian Wise, Executive Director for Military Families United, the nation’s premier military family advocacy organization, has released the following statement concerning the FOIA request filed by MFU today to find out the cost to the taxpayer of the Uighers’ new accommodations and living expenses in Bermuda. On Monday, Military Families United called on the Obama Administration to disclose the cost behind transferring the four Uighurs from Guantanamo Bay to Bermuda.

Washington, DC - June 15, 2009 -- Military Families United has released the following statement demanding the White House fully disclose the cost to the taxpayer of the Uighers’ new accommodations and living expenses in Bermuda. The four Uighers are members of a terrorist organization deemed a threat to national security by the US Department of Treasury. They were captured in the Tora Bora region of Afghanistan after attending al-Qaida training camps in 2001. They were released last week from Guantanamo Bay.

Washington, DC – Kirk S. Lippold, Former USS Cole Commander and Senior Military Fellow at Military Families United, released the following statement regarding the release of four Chinese Muslims from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility to Bermuda without trial. The four members of the Uighur ethnic group were captured on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and were trained at the al-Qaeda affiliated East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) Tora Bora camp. Military Families United has released a policy briefing on the Uighurs.

Washington, DC – Kirk S. Lippold, Former USS Cole Commander and Senior Military Fellow at Military Families United, released the following statement concerning the recently reported news that the Obama Administration is nearing a deal to send a considerable portion of the estimated 100 Yemeni detainees at Guantanamo Bay to Saudi “terrorist rehabilitation centers.”

Washington, DC - Today, Military Families United joined with Senator Lindsey Graham, Senator Joe Lieberman, Congressman Mike Conaway and veterans organizations at a press conference in Washington, DC to urge Congress to stop holding our troops’ funding hostage. Brian Wise implored Congress to immediately pass a clean war supplemental bill and include the provision to block the release of the photos of alleged detainee abuse.

Below are the remarks given by Military Families United’s Executive Director Brian Wise at today’s press conference:

Washington, DC – June 10, 2009 –Brian Wise, Executive Director of Military Families United, the nation’s premier military family advocacy organization, released the following statement urging the House and Senate to immediately pass a clean war supplemental bill and provide our troops with the funding they need.