National Defense Authorization Act 2012-Cold War Medal

The Senate yesterday passed their version of the National Defense Authorization Act S.1836 which
includes a provision to authorize a Cold War Service Medal in SEC. 581.

The bill is now going to the House/Senate conference committee, which will be acting very
quickly to hammer out the differences between the Senate NDAA and the House NDAA.

It is very important that everyone contact their Congressman/woman asking that they
do all possible to insure that SEC. 581 remains intact in the final version. Members of the
House that are on the House Armed Services Committee are of utmost importance.

Please today and over the weekend reach out to everyone you know as ask them to also
contact their Representatives to ask that SEC. 581 remain in the NDAA.

This will authorize our long awaited and hard fought for Cold War Service Medal. It has been
too long.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the end of the Cold War. Let this be the year to
finally recognize and honor these brave men and women with The Cold War Service Medal.

Jerald Terwilliger
National Chairman
American Cold War Veterans
"We Remember"

---------------- "And so the greatest of American triumphs... became a peculiarly joyless victory. We had won the Cold War, but there would be no parades." -- Robert M. Gates, 1996