Sentences with phrase «retired military leaders»

Business, law enforcement and retired military leaders make a strong case for effective investments in children and youth.

Children buy an estimated 400 billion calories of junk food a year at school, the same calorie count that could be found in 2 billion candy bars, said a group of retired military leaders who back the proposed rules.

On a related note, Mission Readiness, the nonpartisan group of retired military leaders, wrote an excellent Reuters editorial in anticipation of this week's CNR hearing.

They have a high bar to reach considering the Senate plan was passed unanimously out of Committee and is supported by such a broad range of stakeholders — everyone ranging from retired military leaders to the public health community to anti-hunger groups to school food service directors.

In its recent report, Still Too Fat to Fight, the nonprofit Mission: Readiness, which is run by retired military leaders, found that roughly 25 percent of young adults ages 17 to 24 are too overweight to qualify for military service and it targeted junk food vending machines in schools as a contributor to this problem.

Retired military leaders added their voices in May, calling for state - funded pre-k to help prepare the more than 75 percent of young Mississippi residents who are ineligible to join the military because, among other reasons, they failed to graduate from high school on time.

The president likes to say that his Energy Security Trust «builds on a proposal supported by a broad bipartisan coalition, including retired military leaders.»

Retired military leader with experience in Human Resources, Training, and team building.

From Newport, Maine to Salt Lake City, Utah, retired military leaders visited classrooms to teach preschoolers proper flag etiquette and how Old Glory tells the story of our nation.

To honor its current veteran franchisees and operators, and in light of «Mission: Readiness,» a nonprofit group consisting of 300 of the nation's retired military leaders who want to tackle junk food vending, HUMAN Healthy Vending is now offering discounted machine pricing to current members of the US Military (any branch) as well as those veterans who have received an honorable discharge from a branch of the US Military and would like to start a healthy vending business.

But will the support of parents and retired military leaders be enough to overcome the significant influence of the SNA in Congress as we approach the 2015 Child Nutrition Reauthorization?

Military procurement systems are, according to retired military leaders, so broken that they now jeopardize national security: the U.S. is buying armaments that are overpriced, unneeded and technically defective armaments.

And numerous active and retired military leaders who have served on the front lines note that the military's biofuel efforts are essential to improving national security, protecting troops and stimulating our economy - most recently in pieces such as this one from a retired Air Force general and this one from a retired Navy SEAL.

Building on existing investments, our business and retired military leaders are working to ensure high - quality early child care and education for all New York children, especially those at - risk.

Our law enforcement, business, and retired military leaders are crucial voices in the fight for evidence - based programs that start in the prenatal period and span through high school graduation.