Politics Watch — February 10, 2010
Veterans honor Chris Kelly
The Missouri Association of Veteran Organizations awarded House Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia, for his "outstanding" service to veterans, stated a news release from Kelly's office.
Each year, one senator and representative in the state are picked to receive recognition as people who are most supportive of veteran's legislative priorities.
“I am pleased to receive this award on behalf of the nearly 600,000 veterans in Missouri,” Kelly said in the news release. “I hope that we are able to sustain funding for and meet MAVO’s legislative priorities to the extent possible in this difficult budgetary year.”
MAVO is a coalition of 22 statewide groups and represents more than 140,000 members and almost 590,000 veterans throughout the state.