Following up on Rich Tolles comment in the Feb. 19 edition,  President Theodore Roosevelt said, “To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public “

To the other veterans here in the Chilkat Valley keep in mind that you swore an oath to the Constitution not to a president or a party. You do have 1st amendment rights until you represent yourself as a veteran, at that point you must become apolitical.

Alan Haines